EDGE COMPUTING
2025
Year Audi plans to expand virtual PLC implementation throughout Neckarsulm body shop
Hardware controllers lack computational resources for real-time AI algorithms, whilst virtual systems operating on edge infrastructure provide processing capacity for complex applications.
Cedrik Neike, CEO of Digital Industries and Member of the Managing Board of Siemens, positions the technology within digital transformation strategy:“ Controllers are the‘ brains’ of machines and factories. Now we are virtualising these brains and bringing them to the cloud. This accelerates Audi’ s digital transformation and increases agility, efficiency and safety in production.”
The deployment provides operational validation of virtual controller technology under production conditions. Audi plans expansion throughout the Neckarsulm facility during 2025, generating performance data that supports broader implementation decisions.
Henning concludes by emphasising the compute platform foundation:“ We’ ve got this compute layer that can scale and we can drive our classical mechanical parts out of this computer.”
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