IFS announces new partnerships to close the industrial skills gap with AI and robotics

IFS today announced several partnerships and collaborations designed to address the industrial skills gap through the creative application of both physical and agentic AI technologies.

The IFS partners include Anthropic, Boston Dynamics, Siemens, and 1X Technologies, and are aimed at (1) helping asset- and service-centric operations achieve greater efficiencies, and (2) scaing the impact of industrial fieldworkers and technicians, the types of skilled positions that are increasingly difficult to fill in the current global job market.

Each partnership was showcased at Industrial X Unleashed, a global event assembling the leading players in Industrial AI who are driving growth, innovation, and standards that are transforming the world’s most critical industries.

IFS Nexus Black, Anthropic partner to bring advanced, reliable AI capabilities directly to frontline workers

IFS Nexus Black brings decades of experience working with customers in high-stakes environments such as factories, plants, and utilities. Anthropic complements this expertise to create AI systems together that serve industrial sectors often overlooked by consumer-grade tools.
 
The first product of this partnership, Resolve, leverages Anthropic’s Claude AI model to predict faults, optimize maintenance, and streamline industrial workflows. Resolve exemplifies this approach by helping field technicians interpret multimodal data like audio, video, and schematics to prevent failures before they happen. By connecting the right technician to the right part at the right time, the tool improves uptime, efficiency, and worker safety. 

"Anthropic combines frontier AI capabilities with the safety and reliability that industries require," said Garvan Doyle, Applied AI Lead at Anthropic. "IFS has unquestionable expertise in the complex realities of the industrial world – they have proven they can activate and apply AI in capital intensive and asset heavy environments. Together, we’re deploying AI where stakes are highest."

Boston Dynamics partnership to revolutionize industrial field operations with AI and robotics

This partnership integrates Boston Dynamics’ autonomous inspection robot, Spot, with the analytical and decision-making power of IFS.ai, creating an end-to-end autonomous system that unites sensing, analysis, and action. The joint system is designed to enhance three critical metrics: safety, efficiency, and uptime.

Spot’s advanced capabilities—ranging from detecting heat and gas leaks to reading gauges and identifying electrical anomalies—will feed real-time data into IFS.ai. The AI platform will then analyze this data and autonomously initiate corrective actions, enabling a seamless loop from observation to execution. This innovation directly addresses labor and skill shortages in industrial sectors by supplementing human workers and reducing the risk of exposure to hazardous environments.

Christian Pedersen, Chief Product Officer, IFS, said: “Asset-intensive organizations face unrelenting pressure to improve operational performance. Together with Boston Dynamics, we’re delivering a truly autonomous system that connects the physical and digital worlds for the first time. IFS.ai and IFS Loops turn robot observations into enterprise action, from preventative maintenance scheduling to predictive failure analysis and automated anomaly detection. 

Siemens, 1X Technologies partnerships to advance AI-driven grid management and industrial asset inspections

IFS' strategic partnership with Siemens combines deep domain expertise in electrification and grid systems with IFS’s industry-leading enterprise asset management and AI-powered field service solutions. By linking Siemens’ Gridscale X platform with IFS’s AI-based tools for asset management and investment planning, the partnership creates a unified system that connects engineering, financial planning, operational technology, and field execution. The result is improved uptime, lower operational costs, and greater sustainability—all without requiring disruptive system overhauls.

The IFS partnership with 1X Technologies aims to embed humanoid robots directly within enterprise workflows, signaling a shift toward “workforce multiplication” where human, digital, and robotic workers collaborate seamlessly. Through integration with IFS.ai, these robots will not only perform tasks but also interpret data, respond to operational conditions, and feed insights back into enterprise systems. Early use cases will include factory automation, field maintenance, warehousing, and aviation servicing.