Software Defined Automation
PLC, robotics, IoT, and AI agents. Built for manufacturing, developed by practitioners.
How does that work?
The FI Automation Way
Two principles, no compromises. Build what the customer needs, flexible for the future, and own the complete stack from PLC code to the maintenance agent.
Today's production lines are more than just a machine. They must be flexible, adaptable, and intuitively maintainable at all times.
Our framework: robust, flexible, and quickly extensible at any time, open for the digital manufacturing of tomorrow.
We speak every discipline. Starting from engineering with AI, through documented, proven PLC and robotics code, to connecting MES and ERP systems and providing factory agents.
Finish projects, quickly and flexibly in weeks instead of months.
Capabilities
Skills, proven in projects
PLC, robotics, data connectivity, AI? No problem. As flexible as our framework, as broad as our knowledge. Whether PLC, robotics, HMI development, Python backend, JavaScript frontend, or edge devices. We have the experience and the technologies.
Controllers
S7-1500/1200, Standard + Fail-safe (F-CPU), all languages
TwinCAT 3, EtherCAT, ST on CX and IPC controllers
IEC 61131-3 runtime, vendor-independent
Robotics
RobotStudio, RAPID, IRC5, Omnicore, web-services API – handling, milling, machine tending
WorkVisual, IIQ-Works, KRL, KR C4/C5/C5.2 – loading, handling, milling, gluing
Polyscope, URScript, URCaps – machine tending, gluing, flame treatment
VAL3, CS9 – cleanroom, precision handling
ROBOGUIDE, TP/Karel, R-30iB – handling
Languages
AI tooling, anomaly detection, audit-trail services
TwinCAT TcCOM, .NET OPC UA clients, WinCC scripting
Node services, browser dashboards, OPC UA bridges
Strict mode, shared types between PLC and dashboard
REST APIs, recipes, agent payloads
PLCopen, TIA export, TwinCAT, HMI/MES
Protocols
PNIO topology, DP integration, diagnostics
TwinCAT, DC sync, ESI/ENI
TCP + RTU, legacy integration
Server + client, address-space design, certificates
Telemetry, edge brokers
TCP/UDP, custom protocols, robot APIs
Tooling
Daily driver for Python, TS, C#, agent adapters
Agent-assisted engineering, repo-wide context
GitHub, TIA versioning, code review
Workflows, webhooks, MES/ERP integration
VLLM, local models, air-gapped systems
42/production projects shipped
AI
FI Machine Agent
An AI helper that knows your line and watches it. It can read live data, analyse it, and in a fault tell you exactly what is stuck in the step sequence so the robot will not continue.
An agent that knows the plant code and is connected to the controller so it can capture the current state via interfaces such as OPC UA, REST APIs, and the like.
Look at the diagnostic options on our live example plant. Test the agent's knowledge yourself.
Showroom
Projects, that were delivered
Take a look at just a small selection of projects that were delivered quickly, flexibly, and always open to what is new.
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Hello FIA world
A message, direct contact
Communication on the short official path. No long wait for a reply. We are directly reachable.
A reply usually comes the same day. Tell us where it hurts. Together we will find the best solution.
The fastest way to us: simply via the form or directly by phone.
- Mobile
- +49 179 7092245
- GitHub
- github.com/fi-automation
- Location
- Bavaria, Germany – on-site worldwide