Industrial AI Viewpoints

Featured here are original and timely articles from ARC analysts and guest writers on Industial AI and its impact on Energy & Manufacturing industries. We dive into technologies such as AI models, machine learning, industry standards, AI use cases, companies driving this technology and more related to Industrial AI. Our goal is to provide readers with clear and concise analyses, opinions, and discussion of Industrial AI trends, technologies, and services.

Sep
03
2026

Jim Frazer — Industry Trends

Uber’s Restructuring Shows Where AI in Logistics Is Really Going

Uber’s restructuring suggests that AI’s bigger logistics impact may come not from automating individual jobs, but from reducing the organizational layers and handoffs required to coordinate work.

Sep
02
2026

Jim Frazer — Industry Trends

Autonomous Freight Is Moving From Experimentation Toward Commercial Logistics

Autonomous trucking is moving from technology demonstrations toward commercial middle-mile operations, shifting the industry’s focus from whether autonomy works to where it can operate reliably and economically.

Sep
02
2026

Jim Frazer — Industry Trends

This Week in Logistics: Freight Tightens, AI Moves into Execution, and Networks Get More Strategic

Freight tightening, geopolitical disruption, AI-driven execution, logistics technology investment, automation, cargo security, and network restructuring are converging to make logistics more adaptive—and more complex.

Sep
02
2026

Karthik Umachigi — Acquisition or Partnership

Hitachi Digital Services and adesso Strengthen Partnership for Industrial Digital Transformation

Hitachi Digital Services and adesso are expanding their partnership to combine cloud transformation, AI-enabled engineering, and application reliability services for asset-intensive industries.

Sep
01
2026

Jim Frazer — Technology Trends

Logistics Is Becoming an Operating System

Logistics is evolving from a collection of functional applications into a connected operating architecture that links physical assets, execution systems, visibility, intelligence, and orchestration.

Sep
01
2026

Asha Suparna — Industry Best Practice

OPC UA Is Evolving Beyond a Protocol for Industrial Digitalization

OPC Foundation’s Stefan Hoppe explains how semantic interoperability, standardized information models, cloud integration, and AI are expanding OPC UA from industrial data exchange into a broader foundation for digitalization.

Aug
31
2026

Asha Suparna — Industry Trends

How AI Is Reshaping SCADA for Renewable Energy Operations

COPA-DATA’s Kishor Mandavia and Infrared Power’s Varun Garg explore how scalable OT platforms, AI, and emerging connectivity approaches can help renewable energy operators manage increasingly complex assets and move toward more intelligent operations.

Aug
28
2026

Colin Masson — Industry Trends

Deep-Dive Category: Supply Chain Copilots—Network Decision Intelligence & Autonomous Execution

ARC explores how Supply Chain Copilots combine real-time operational data, decision intelligence, and autonomous execution to coordinate Source, Make, and Deliver across complex supply networks.

Aug
28
2026

Patrick Arnold — Technology Trends

Humanoid Robot Company Figure Reveals Crowdsourced Robot Training Tool

ARC examines how Figure AI's Index platform highlights the growing importance of data operations and diverse training strategies in the race to scale humanoid robotics and Physical AI.

Aug
28
2026

Colin Masson — Industry Trends

Deep-Dive Category: Enterprise Copilots—Aligning Top-Floor Financial Strategy with Shop-Floor Execution

ARC explores how Enterprise Copilots connect ERP, EAM, cloud platforms, and operational data to align shop-floor execution with financial strategy, governance, and enterprise-wide autonomy.