REAL-TIME INTELLIGENCE AND DECISION SUPPORT
ABB Ability™ Augmented Operator is an AI-powered application suite that embeds real-time intelligence and decision support directly into control room workflows, empowering operators and helping to increase the plant’s autonomy level for greater efficiency, safety and performance. It unifies process anomaly detection, contextual search, and what-if simulation to help operators identify deviations earlier, access institutional knowledge instantly, and anticipates process behavior with predictive insight.
KEY BENEFITS
<p>ABB Ability™ Augmented Operator helps you move from reactive control to proactive, insight-driven operations.</p>
Detect subtle process changes before alarms trigger
<p>Operators can intervene sooner and reduce operational risk.</p>Decide with confidence
<p>Combine past knowledge, real-time context and predictive simulation to guide faster, more consistent decision making across shifts.</p>Optimize production and energy performance
<p>Sites aim to operate near optimal performance by balancing throughput, yield, energy, and quality, using tools that reveal opportunities and create sustainable results.</p>FROM INSIGHTS TO ACTION
ABB Ability™ Augmented Operator brings together three connected capabilities to support technicians at every stage of decision-making.
Anomaly Detector identifies early signs of process deviations, Knowledge Extractor provides instant access to relevant past events and expert insights, and Process Predictor simulates future outcomes to guide the best course of action. Together, these insights transform raw data into clear, real-time guidance, helping operators act earlier, make decisions with confidence, and run processes more consistently.
ANOMALY DETECTOR - WHAT WENT WRONG?
Industrial processes rarely fail suddenly, they drift. Anomaly Detector detects subtle changes in process behavior before they impact performance. By giving operators clearer situational awareness and the operator’s expertise built into the software’s knowledge base, it helps prevent disruptions from escalating into downtime, safety events, or lost productivity.
KNOWLEDGE EXTRACTOR - HAS IT HAPPENED BEFORE?
Critical operational know-how is too valuable to reside with individuals. Knowledge Extractor captures and shares team expertise by analyzing historical patterns, annotating events, and enabling contextual search. Operators can quickly learn from past incidents and apply proven actions, while engineers embed best practices into workflows. The result is consistent performance, faster onboarding, and stronger collaboration.
PROCESS PREDICTOR - WHAT HAPPENS IF…?
Process Predictor lets operators validate adjustments and test decisions before acting. Powered by AI-driven “what-if” simulations, it shows how processes will respond to changes in real time, helping teams select the best course of action. By bringing certainty to simulations, it reduces trial and error, lowers risk, and maintains peak performance, while accelerating training and enabling efficient, centralized operations before changes are implemented.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
<p>Learn more about the ABB Ability™ Augmented Operator with our frequently asked questions.</p>
ABB Ability™ Augmented Operator is an AI-powered application suite that provides real-time decision support for industrial operators. It unifies process anomaly detection, contextual search, and what-if simulation to help operators identify deviations earlier, access institutional knowledge instantly, and anticipates process behavior with predictive insight.
It helps operators detect issues earlier, make faster decisions and reduce variability. This leads to fewer unplanned events, improved efficiency and more consistent production outcomes.
It is designed for continuous and complex industrial environments, including oil and gas, chemicals, power, utilities, mining, pulp and paper, and water.
By embedding AI-driven insights into daily workflows, it reduces reliance on manual interpretation and supports more proactive, standardized decision-making, key steps toward autonomous operations.