The Generative AI Demonstrator from Siemens, Microsoft and HARTING at electronica 2024.
Generative Engineering 2.0: The Generative Engineering demo illustrates how future connectors can be generated from scratch. Utilising cutting-edge algorithms from Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service, latest developments from HARTING’s innovation center and a continuous utilisation of Siemens Xcelerator. This significantly reduce engineering times, streamlines the design process, and minimise errors. All tools seamlessly integrate to intelligently optimise engineering solutions, allowing engineers to focus on creativity and strategic problem-solving. And how does it work?
An interactive engineering design companion, powered by Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service and HARTING connectivity AI as the cognitive core, enables engineers to dynamically interact with the system. They can query specific questions related to the connector domain to understand design intent and make real-time adjustments to an initial 2D connector layout, which can be interactively improved by Azure Open AI. This process is followed by requirements verification conducted by HARTING, using its deep domain expertise. Subsequently, Siemens NX generates a holistic 3D CAD model suitable for the given application. Further simulations including Siemens Simcenter, considering materials, ambient temperature, and other critical factors, are automatically Simulated in the collaborative Metaverse world to ensure the design’s functionality, with results delivered in a rapid 30-60 seconds.
This highly modular system allows individual functions to be triggered independently, moving away from a sequential process towards a more flexible and personalized approach.
AI-guided HAN Configurator: The AI-guided HAN Configurator is a fully technical, productive large-scale solution that will be deployed on HARTING’s website soon. This solution represents a significant leap forward in connector configuration. With HARTING’s expertise and Microsoft Azure OpenAI, customers can chat with HARTING’s existing connector catalogue based on their individual requirements. Customers can find existing products much faster by adding natural language input and answering guided questions. Using Microsoft Azure OpenAI, it navigates through intricate requests, intelligently offering existing connectors that ensure optimal configurations for a customer’s specific needs. This soon-to-be-productive solution showcases how Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service dramatically streamlines the configuration process, significantly reducing customers’ decision times.
AI-supported cable to PCB connector configurator: The AI-supported cable to PCB configurator enables users to develop customised application-specific connectors and device connections using simple voice input. Following the AI-supported configuration of existing modular components for cable-to-cable connectors, the customised design of universal contact containers for data, signal and power connections from the cable to the PCB offers a completely new engineering service. Clearance and creepage distances, contact arrangements and routing layouts no longer have to be created and calculated manually. This offers enormous acceleration potential for the entire development process and makes life easier for device developers. Generative Engineering 2.0 is a further development based on the HARTING PushPull connectors.