Siemens Eigen brings generative AI to TIA Portal engineering

Industrial AI agent uses natural language to configure automation projects

Key Highlights

  • Siemens' Eigen industrial AI engineering agent uses natural-language prompts and TIA Portal project context to assist engineers with automation tasks.
  • The AI agent can generate PLC code, create HMI visualizations, configure drives and automate hardware setup directly within TIA Portal.
  • Eigen documents the changes it makes to automation projects, allowing engineers to review AI-generated actions and maintain oversight of the engineering process.

In this demonstration, Kristen Quasey, architecture & portfolio sales manager, Americas, at Siemens, introduces Eigen, the industrial AI engineering agent for Siemens' Totally Integrated Automation (TIA) Portal (Figure 1). Designed specifically for the industrial automation space, this generative AI assistant allows engineers to interact using natural language prompts. The tool has full contextual awareness of TIA Portal and active project structures, enabling it to deliver tailored solutions for industrial automation tasks.

The video demo focuses on how the agent streamlines the setup and configuration of automation environments. Quasey showcases how users can instruct the assistant using natural language to write PLC code, generate HMI visualizations, set up drive parameters and automate entire hardware configurations. By interpreting high-level prompts, the tool accelerates setup tasks that traditionally required repetitive, manual steps.

During the demonstration, the agent processes a list of required devices and configures the physical hardware setup directly inside TIA Portal. Once the prompt is executed, the AI performs the necessary modifications in the portal and provides a detailed overview of every action taken. This feedback loop ensures that human engineers maintain complete control and oversight over all project changes made by the AI.

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Mike Bacidore

Mike Bacidore

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Mike Bacidore is chief editor of Control Design and has been an integral part of the Endeavor Business Media editorial team since 2007. Previously, he was editorial director at Hughes Communications and a portfolio manager of the human resources and labor law areas at Wolters Kluwer. Bacidore holds a BA from the University of Illinois and an MBA from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. He is an award-winning columnist, earning multiple regional and national awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors. He may be reached at [email protected] 

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