Emerson Expands Ovation AI Portfolio with New Intelligent Agents

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New Ovation AI Agents enable operators to resolve complex issues in a fraction of the time for faster, smarter plant operations PITTSBURGH, July 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Global automation leader Emerson (NYSE: EMR) today introduced new Ovation™ AI Agents for the power and water industries, expanding the AI capabilities of the Ovation Automation Platform 4.0 release. The five new agents – Sequence Assistant Agent, Alarm Insight Agent, Predictive Maintenance Agent, Root Cause Agent and Loop Performance Monitor Agent – will empower plant personnel with critical insights by continuously monitoring, analyzing and recommending actions across critical plant operations. This expansion builds on the success of Ovation Virtual Advisor and delivers new capabilities to Ovation's growing portfolio of AI solutions for the power and water industry, transforming how operators make decisions. While Ovation Virtual Advisor provides real-time, AI-driven insights through natural language interaction, the new AI Agents are time synchronized with the Ovation 4.0 system and work autonomously in the background, continuously monitoring plant and equipment conditions and recommending optimizations. "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. "The AI-enabled agents handle complex data analysis and pattern recognition to monitor asset health, run simulations, forecast failures and prioritize interventions. These powerful tools enable operators to shift from reactive to proactive planning without disrupting daily workflows." The Ovation AI Agents will be deployed in phases, with the following included in the first wave: Real-World Impact and Integrated Architecture Unlike chatbot-style interfaces or external analytics layers, Emerson's new AI agents are designed to seamlessly integrate with the Ovation 4.0 Automation Platform – governed within the platform and backed by decades of power and water industry expertise. Built with human-in-the-loop design, the agents operate proactively, running in the background and alerting issues to operators – taking action with human approval. Every recommendation flows through human operators who retain full ...

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