Flexxbotics has released its production-ready automation connectors as open source under Apache 2.0, aiming to eliminate proprietary lock-in and accelerate interoperable, AI-ready factory automation.
Flexxbotics has publicly released Flexxbotics Transformers, an open source project on GitHub that delivers industrial-grade, production-ready connector drivers for factory equipment and automation systems. Released under the Apache 2.0 licence, the project allows unrestricted commercial use with no contribution requirements, positioning open source as a practical foundation for modern industrial automation.
Designed using software-defined automation (SDA), Flexxbotics Transformers enable many-to-many industrial interoperability, moving factories beyond rigid, point-to-point integrations. The transformers provide a standardised abstraction layer for connecting plant machines, PLCs, robots, inspection and test equipment, sensors, safety systems, and other factory assets using both open industrial protocols and vendor-specific proprietary interfaces.
The production-ready transformers load directly into the Flexxbotics runtime, exposing consistent communication regardless of underlying equipment or protocol. The system supports over 1,000 makes and models of factory equipment, delivering reliable and secure controller interoperability at industrial scale. Transformers automatically interoperate within the same runtime, enabling bi-directional read/write connectivity across all endpoints, with new connectors inheriting compatibility by default.
Using parallelised, multi-threaded, and asynchronous data pipelines, the platform aggregates and contextualises high-frequency, multi-modal factory data to support greater manufacturing autonomy and Physical AI and Industrial AI data ingestion.
Commenting on the release, Tyler Bouchard, CEO and Co-Founder of Flexxbotics, said, “Smart factories are moving beyond point-to-point, one-off integrations between assets and equipment to achieve many-to-many interoperability with software-defined automation.” He added, “By releasing Flexxbotics Transformers as open source, we’re enabling companies to build, extend, and scale industrial automation without artificial restrictions.”
The GitHub repository includes equipment transformers, a workcell transformer, templates, and real-time automation scripts, with Flexxbotics actively encouraging community contributions to shape the roadmap.
