Siemens is modernising the everyday work of control engineers. Its Simatic AX platform gains graphical ladder-diagram programming and full support for the Simatic S7-1200 G2.
Inside TIA Portal, AI-assisted engineering now helps optimise PLC code, catch logic errors before they reach the line, and speed up commissioning.
It's a quiet but meaningful shift: the same controllers, with an assistant that shortens the slowest part of any automation project — writing and debugging the logic.
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