Equipment Agents · Autonomous Physics AI

Give Every Industrial Asset
Autonomous Cognition

Embed thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and mass-transfer kinetics into edge-compute nodes for physics-guaranteed perception, real-time reasoning, and closed-loop optimal control.

Why Equipment Agents?

LLMs can't understand physics. Traditional simulation lacks autonomy. Industrial assets need closed-loop cognitive nodes.

❌ LLMs Don't Apply

Statistical token models with no conservation constraints. Cannot solve continuous PDEs/ODEs. Inference latency incompatible with millisecond control.

❌ Passive Simulation Peaked

Traditional simulation is offline, open-loop, single-shot. Even when CFD accuracy is sufficient, it requires manual input → manual interpretation → manual execution. No closed-loop, no autonomy.

✅ Equipment Agents

Closed-loop autonomous cognitive nodes: physics constraints + online learning + safety guarantees + multi-node coordination.

Agent Cognitive Stack — 5-Layer Architecture

L0 (First Principles) → L4 (Applications). The L2 Equipment Agent Node is the cognitive core. L3 Multi-Agent Swarm enables cross-equipment closed-loop optimization.

Agent Cognitive Stack — 5-Layer Architecture

Core Technology

Equipment Agent (EA)

Autonomous cyber-physical cognitive node. Embeds first principles into edge compute for closed-loop Perceive-Reason-Plan-Act.

Input

Sensor Telemetry

PLC/DCS · 1 Hz

EA Node

Physics + ML · Closed-Loop Cognition

Output

Autonomous Commands

→ PLC/DCS

Perception

Multi-modal sensor fusion. PINNs infer unmeasurable internal states (soft sensing).

Reasoning

Embeds conservation laws into loss functions. Inverse-identifies key physical parameters for explainable diagnostics.

Planning

MPC / Safe RL within CBF safety envelope. Optimal trajectories with zero catastrophic risk.

Action

Direct output to PLC/DCS — no human in the loop. P2P multi-agent coordination for plant-wide optimization.

Proven in Real-World Industry

Rigorously benchmarked against classic deep learning and hybrid AI on complex industrial data.

+700%

R² Improvement

From failed models to highly predictive assets on unseen test data.

-52%

NRMSE Reduction

High-fidelity prediction of entire process curves using only the first 5-10% of data.

Classic AI Models

ThinkMachine EA

White: ground truth · Color: model prediction · Real-time animation

Agent Library

ThinkMachine Agent Foundry

First-principles Equipment Agents pre-trained on simulation data. Ready to compose, fine-tune, and deploy to the edge.

Fermenter Agent

Autonomous metabolic pathway optimization. Real-time estimation of product concentration and respiratory quotient via cell kinetics and O₂ transfer.

Furnace Agent

Multi-phase thermodynamics autonomous control. Real-time electrode and lining wear sensing with safety-constrained power curve optimization.

Hydrocyclone Agent

Fluid dynamics autonomous separation. High-frequency feed disturbance sensing, online turbulent flow inference, dynamic underflow/overflow tuning.

More Agents

Agent-Driven Industrial Scenarios

Equipment Agents autonomously execute across four industrial scenarios, upgrading offline analysis to real-time closed-loop control.

Process Optimization

Agent autonomously searches golden batch parameters within CBF safety boundaries via closed-loop optimization.

Energy Reduction

Agent autonomously learns energy-yield Pareto frontiers, outputting optimal operating points in real time.

Predictive Maintenance

Agent tracks physical parameter degradation online, autonomously predicts RUL and triggers maintenance work orders.

Operator Training

Operators train under agent guidance with real-time physics feedback and decision recommendations.

Let's Build
Autonomous Industrial Equipment

We invite industry partners — production managers, process experts, and site engineers — to validate Equipment Agent closed-loop control on real production lines.

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