Agents
A bounded control loop with grounded perception, an approved action space, a simulation gate and an immutable record.
Everything needed to deploy and operate Anodela
Written for controls engineers, process engineers and IT/OT teams. Start with the edge runtime, then connect your systems and arm your first envelope.
Overview
Anodela runs as a factory-edge control loop. The edge runtime hosts perception pipelines and agent policies; the control plane handles model governance, fleet updates and reporting. In on-prem mode the control plane runs inside your network and the loop never leaves the site.
Three concepts matter before anything else: agents own a step of the line, envelopes define what an agent may do without a human, and the twin validates every envelope before it can be armed.
Install the edge runtime
The runtime ships as a signed bundle for K3s on Jetson or IGX hardware. Bundles are reproducible and can be inspected before installation.
Connect your systems
Connectors are declarative. You point Anodela at a source, choose read or write scope, and the platform validates the schema and clock alignment before any agent is allowed to observe or act on it.
- Coating and calendering PLC/SCADA tags over OPC UA
- Inspection cameras and gauges via the edge perception pipeline
- Formation and grading cyclers, plus MES batch and genealogy records
- Historian backfill so the twin starts from your real process history
Install and register an edge node
The installer verifies the bundle signature, registers the node against your tenant and pulls the model set pinned to your line.
# Verify and install the signed edge bundle
anodela bundle verify anodela-edge-2026.7.tar.zst
anodela edge install --bundle anodela-edge-2026.7.tar.zst \
--tenant acme-cells --site plant-2 --line electrode-3
# Confirm health and pinned model versions
anodela edge status --line electrode-3
The four things to understand
Envelopes
The precise setpoints, ranges and conditions under which an agent may act without a human approver.
Digital twin
As-built simulation of coating, calendering, assembly and formation that validates envelopes and predicts yield.
Cell genealogy
The graph linking every cell to its roll, coating zone, slitter, weld station, fill batch and formation channel.
Connect coating, inspection, formation and MES
Connectors are declared as configuration and validated before they are allowed to write. Read access can be enabled immediately; write access requires an armed envelope.
line: plant-2/electrode-3
connectors:
- type: opcua # coating & calendering PLC
endpoint: opc.tcp://coater-3.plant2.local:4840
mode: read_write
envelope: coat-calender/qualified-v14
- type: vision # 12 cameras + inline CT
vendor: cognex
mode: read
- type: mes
vendor: opcenter
mode: read_write
Envelope fields
An envelope is the contract between your quality team and the agent. It is version-controlled and every change is recorded with a named approver.
| Field | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| setpoint | The controller variable the agent may change | die_gap_um |
| range | Absolute or relative bounds for autonomous action | ±8 µm |
| conditions | Preconditions that must hold | chemistry = NMC-811, recipe rev ≥ 14 |
| validation | Twin scenario set that must pass | coat-calender/scenarios-2026-Q2 |
| fallback | Behaviour on loss of confidence or connectivity | hold last safe setpoint, alert |
| approver | Named quality owner | site quality engineer |
The daily loop for a process engineer
Review
Work the proposal queue: evidence, citation, twin result, approve or reject with a reason.
Watch
Track the accuracy scoreboard against your own baseline per agent and per shift.
Adjust
Tighten or widen envelopes as confidence changes — every change is logged.
Export
Generate audit and evidence packs for internal quality or customer audits.
Deeper material
API reference
Resources, schemas, pagination, idempotency keys and rate limits for every endpoint.
Edge runtime
Hardware sizing, camera and CT throughput, network requirements and offline behaviour.
Audit & evidence
Record structure, retention, export formats and mapping to IATF 16949 and IEC 62660.
Twin scenarios
Authoring, validating and versioning scenario sets for a line or chemistry.
Security
Isolation model, key management, deployment modes and vulnerability handling.
Metrics
Definitions for first-pass yield, scrap, formation cost and takt as Anodela computes them.
Operating envelope of the platform
50–250 msInspection-to-decision target
8–24Cameras per line supported
10–50Models served per factory
7 yrDefault audit retention
Export an audit pack
Evidence packs bundle every action, approval and genealogy link for a period or a cell range, signed and ready for an auditor.
anodela audit export --line electrode-3 \
--from 2026-04-01 --to 2026-06-30 \
--include proposals,approvals,executions,genealogy \
--format pdf,jsonl --sign
Built for the assurance bar of battery manufacturing
Cell manufacturing is safety-critical and IP-dense. Anodela is designed so quality, IT/OT and EHS approvers can say yes.
SOC 2 & ISO 27001
SOC 2 Type II program with encryption in transit and at rest, SSO/SAML, SCIM and RBAC down to the line.
IP & recipe protection
Chemistry, coat-weight and formation recipes stay in your tenant. Optional fully on-prem deployment with no egress.
Assurance-grade audit trail
Every perception, proposal, approval and executed setpoint change is immutably logged for IATF 16949 and IEC 62660 evidence.
Data residency
EU, US, Korea, Japan and China-domestic regions, or air-gapped factory edge for sovereign programs.
Documentation questions
Typically one IGX or Jetson Orin class node per line for 8–24 cameras, plus additional capacity for inline CT fusion. Sizing is confirmed during the assessment.
Yes. Scenario sets are version-controlled artefacts; your process engineers can extend them and gate envelopes on the extended set.
The full OpenAPI specification is provided with API access, alongside the sandbox line for building against realistic data.
Get API access and a sandbox line.
We will provision credentials, the OpenAPI spec and a simulated line seeded with real defect patterns.