A tractor, a haul truck and a mower have more in common than their owners think. ASI has spent 25 years turning that observation into a business - and SoftBank has just invested $225 million in it.
CruxOCM is a Calgary-based industrial automation company building software that gives energy control rooms an 'adaptive cruise control' for their pipelines. Its robotic industrial process automation (RIPA) platform runs on top of existing SCADA and DCS systems to automate complex, procedure-heavy operations - starting and stopping pumps, holding steady flow, reducing drag - so operators can run the same assets with more throughput, lower operating costs, and improved safety, all while keeping a human in the loop.