Emerson Expands Ovation AI Portfolio with Five New Intelligent Agents

On July 27, Emerson, the global automation company, introduced five new Ovation AI Agents for the power and water industries, expanding the artificial intelligence capabilities of its Ovation Automation Platform 4.0 release. The company said the agents will monitor, analyze and recommend actions across critical plant operations.

"Ovation AI Agents deliver a major step change in our AI portfolio, representing a significant advancement in how we help our customers build more intelligent, efficient and resilient operations," said Bob Yeager, president of Emerson's power and water solutions business. He said the agents allow operators to "shift from reactive to proactive planning without disrupting daily workflows."

According to the company, the five agents are the Sequence Assistant Agent, Alarm Insight Agent, Predictive Maintenance Agent, Root Cause Agent and Loop Performance Monitor Agent. Emerson said the agents are embedded into native operational workflows and operator tools, removing the need to switch between separate systems.

Emerson said the Sequence Assistant Agent generates context-aware prompts from real-time deviations and historical failures to help resolve stalled control sequences. The company said the Alarm Insight Agent prioritizes and summarizes alarm context during alarm floods.