{
 "updated": "2026-10-01",
 "topics": [
  {
   "slug": "additive",
   "name": "Additive Manufacturing",
   "desc": "Industrial 3D printing: powder bed, binder jetting, DED, and production additive workflows.",
   "items": 2,
   "related": [
    "manufacturing",
    "industrial-hardware"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "amr-agv",
   "name": "AMRs & AGVs",
   "desc": "Autonomous and automated guided vehicles for material transport.",
   "items": 4,
   "related": [
    "robotics",
    "factory-software",
    "manufacturing"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "cnc",
   "name": "CNC / Machining",
   "desc": "CNC machining, controllers, tooling, and precision manufacturing.",
   "items": 5,
   "related": [
    "factory-software",
    "iiot",
    "manufacturing"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "dcs",
   "name": "DCS",
   "desc": "Distributed control systems and process control platforms.",
   "items": 5,
   "related": [
    "process-automation",
    "plc",
    "scada"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "digital-twin",
   "name": "Digital Twins",
   "desc": "Digital twins and plant simulation for design, commissioning, and operations.",
   "items": 4,
   "related": [
    "factory-software",
    "iiot",
    "process-automation"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "edge-computing",
   "name": "Edge Computing",
   "desc": "Edge gateways, industrial PCs, and on-premise compute for the plant floor.",
   "items": 8,
   "related": [
    "iiot",
    "mqtt",
    "opc-ua",
    "factory-software",
    "industrial-ai"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "energy",
   "name": "Energy & Sustainability",
   "desc": "Energy management, efficiency, and sustainability in industrial operations.",
   "items": 4,
   "related": [
    "industrial-hardware",
    "factory-software",
    "manufacturing",
    "motion-control"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "ethercat",
   "name": "EtherCAT",
   "desc": "EtherCAT: high-speed Ethernet fieldbus with on-the-fly frame processing.",
   "items": 6,
   "related": [
    "ethernet-ip",
    "industrial-networking",
    "profinet",
    "tsn",
    "motion-control"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "ethernet-ip",
   "name": "EtherNet/IP",
   "desc": "EtherNet/IP and the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP).",
   "items": 13,
   "related": [
    "industrial-networking",
    "profinet",
    "ethercat",
    "tsn",
    "plc",
    "motion-control"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "factory-software",
   "name": "Factory Software",
   "desc": "HMI, historian, batch, OEE, and manufacturing applications.",
   "items": 26,
   "related": [
    "iiot",
    "mes",
    "process-automation",
    "robotics",
    "cnc",
    "industrial-ai"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "iiot",
   "name": "Industrial IoT / IIoT",
   "desc": "Industrial IoT platforms, devices, and architectures.",
   "items": 21,
   "related": [
    "mqtt",
    "edge-computing",
    "sparkplug-b",
    "factory-software",
    "opc-ua",
    "cnc"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "industrial-ai",
   "name": "Industrial AI",
   "desc": "Machine learning and AI applied to manufacturing and process data.",
   "items": 5,
   "related": [
    "factory-software",
    "iiot",
    "manufacturing",
    "edge-computing",
    "machine-vision",
    "mes"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "industrial-hardware",
   "name": "Industrial Hardware",
   "desc": "Controllers, I/O, drives, sensors, and ruggedized compute hardware.",
   "items": 17,
   "related": [
    "manufacturing",
    "process-automation",
    "energy",
    "plc",
    "motion-control",
    "additive"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "industrial-networking",
   "name": "Industrial Networking",
   "desc": "Plant-floor networks: switching, wireless, segmentation, and remote access.",
   "items": 32,
   "related": [
    "ethernet-ip",
    "profinet",
    "plc",
    "ethercat",
    "motion-control",
    "process-automation"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "machine-vision",
   "name": "Machine Vision",
   "desc": "Cameras, vision software, inspection, and guidance systems.",
   "items": 2,
   "related": [
    "manufacturing",
    "industrial-ai"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "manufacturing",
   "name": "Manufacturing",
   "desc": "General manufacturing operations, methods, and industry developments.",
   "items": 42,
   "related": [
    "industrial-hardware",
    "mes",
    "additive",
    "factory-software",
    "industrial-ai",
    "machine-vision"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "mes",
   "name": "MES",
   "desc": "Manufacturing execution systems and shop-floor operations management.",
   "items": 23,
   "related": [
    "manufacturing",
    "factory-software",
    "iiot",
    "scada",
    "industrial-ai",
    "mqtt"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "modbus",
   "name": "Modbus",
   "desc": "Modbus RTU/TCP: the ubiquitous serial and Ethernet field protocol.",
   "items": 4,
   "related": [
    "industrial-networking",
    "plc"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "motion-control",
   "name": "Motion Control",
   "desc": "Servo drives, motion controllers, robotics kinematics, and precision positioning.",
   "items": 10,
   "related": [
    "industrial-networking",
    "ethercat",
    "industrial-hardware",
    "plc",
    "energy",
    "ethernet-ip"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "mqtt",
   "name": "MQTT",
   "desc": "MQTT messaging for telemetry, UNS architectures, and device connectivity.",
   "items": 13,
   "related": [
    "iiot",
    "sparkplug-b",
    "edge-computing",
    "opc-ua",
    "industrial-networking",
    "mes"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "opc-ua",
   "name": "OPC UA",
   "desc": "OPC UA: information modeling, client/server, PubSub, and companion specs.",
   "items": 14,
   "related": [
    "iiot",
    "edge-computing",
    "industrial-networking",
    "mqtt",
    "factory-software",
    "motion-control"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "ot-security",
   "name": "OT Cybersecurity",
   "desc": "OT cybersecurity: segmentation, hardening, monitoring, and incident response.",
   "items": 19,
   "related": [
    "scada",
    "industrial-networking",
    "process-automation",
    "manufacturing",
    "mes",
    "opc-ua"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "plc",
   "name": "PLCs",
   "desc": "Programmable logic controllers, programming (IEC 61131-3), and control hardware.",
   "items": 45,
   "related": [
    "process-automation",
    "industrial-networking",
    "industrial-hardware",
    "scada",
    "ethernet-ip",
    "factory-software"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "process-automation",
   "name": "Process Automation",
   "desc": "Continuous and batch process industries: oil & gas, chemical, food & beverage, water.",
   "items": 36,
   "related": [
    "plc",
    "industrial-hardware",
    "factory-software",
    "industrial-networking",
    "dcs",
    "manufacturing"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "profinet",
   "name": "PROFINET",
   "desc": "PROFINET and PROFIBUS: real-time industrial Ethernet from PI.",
   "items": 8,
   "related": [
    "industrial-networking",
    "ethernet-ip",
    "ethercat",
    "tsn",
    "motion-control",
    "plc"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "robotics",
   "name": "Robotics",
   "desc": "Industrial robots, cobots, mobile manipulators, and robot software.",
   "items": 12,
   "related": [
    "factory-software",
    "amr-agv",
    "manufacturing",
    "motion-control",
    "opc-ua",
    "ot-security"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "scada",
   "name": "SCADA",
   "desc": "Supervisory control, historians, alarming, and operations visualization.",
   "items": 19,
   "related": [
    "ot-security",
    "plc",
    "factory-software",
    "industrial-networking",
    "mes",
    "process-automation"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "semiconductor",
   "name": "Semiconductor",
   "desc": "Fab equipment, wafer manufacturing, and chip supply-chain technology.",
   "items": 2,
   "related": [
    "factory-software",
    "industrial-hardware"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "sparkplug-b",
   "name": "Sparkplug B",
   "desc": "Sparkplug B: MQTT namespace and payload spec for plug-and-play IIoT.",
   "items": 8,
   "related": [
    "iiot",
    "mqtt",
    "industrial-networking",
    "mes",
    "opc-ua"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "supply-chain",
   "name": "Supply Chain",
   "desc": "Supply-chain visibility, traceability, and logistics technology.",
   "items": 1,
   "related": [
    "manufacturing",
    "mes"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "tsn",
   "name": "TSN",
   "desc": "Time-Sensitive Networking (IEEE 802.1): converged deterministic Ethernet.",
   "items": 5,
   "related": [
    "ethercat",
    "ethernet-ip",
    "industrial-networking",
    "profinet",
    "motion-control"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "vendors",
   "name": "Vendor Developments",
   "desc": "Major industrial vendor developments: releases, acquisitions, partnerships.",
   "items": 1,
   "related": []
  }
 ]
}