AI Data AnalyticsMachine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) hardware and software that incorporates—or is designed to improve—product quality, supply chain management and production throughput. Winner:MX-System from BeckhoffHonorees:XTVMEA 6 from Phoenix ContactEnclosure Protector Attachment (EPA) from Inventive Resources, Inc.Communications & NetworksWireless and wired systems, modules, and software that facilitate communication between chips, modules, and systems, including I/O modules, cloud communications. Winner:SCi Blocks SiP block converters from Spectrum ControlHonorees:ACS37030 from Allegro MicroSystemsRES60A-Q1 integrated 1.4kV precision resistor divider from Texas InstrumentsIndustrial ControllersPLCs, PACs, IPCs. This category also considers lighting products for machine vision applications, cameras, sensors, lenses, filters, lighting, frame grabbers, software, and systems. This also involves software related to robotics, including fleet management and robot operating systems.