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Open Industry Project: a free browser-based factory simulator with conveyors, sensors, robots and its own PLC

The built-in PLC runs a subset of Structured Text and Ladder Diagram, and a desktop app connects a real PLC over Modbus TCP, OPC UA, EtherNet/IP, S7 or ADS. The team says it is in early development and breaking changes can land in any update.

For controls engineers and trainers: test PLC logic on a virtual palletizing line without buying hardware or PLC software.

Open Industry Project simulator showing a palletizing line with an orange robot arm, roller conveyors, boxes and an AGV
Image: Open Industry Project

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