MicroFactory switched a customer robot deployment to frontier models for reasoning, with fast vision code written by the model doing the execution. When something new comes up, the large model steps in and adapts the pipeline.
New browser profiles let an agent scrape pages that need a login. You sign in once, and the session is reused without storing the password. That puts supplier portals and internal sites within an agent's reach, so IT will want a say.
Every scanner, wafer pod and overhead hoist was modeled in Blender and runs in three.js like a strategy game. It's a glimpse of cheap, walkable plant models for layout and training.
Jeff Teper says persistent agents in Copilot Studio can each have an account, so people can email them, add them to Teams or mention them in Word, Excel and PowerPoint. The first features are in preview now. For most industrial companies on Microsoft 365, this is where agents will show up first.