Talk Intermediate

Taksa Factory OS: Building an Open Source Operating System for Manufacturing.

Approved

Session Description

Manufacturing teams generate large volumes of data from PLCs, sensors, machines, vendor systems, and shop-floor applications, yet much of that data remains trapped in disconnected systems, inconsistent formats, and fragile point-to-point integrations. As a result, teams struggle to digitize operations, scale pilot projects, and build reliable analytics or AI-driven applications.

In this talk, I will present Taksa Factory OS, an open-source, modular, and scalable Factory OS designed to connect shop-floor systems and make manufacturing data usable, discoverable, and reusable.

Taksa OS has been funded by ARTPARK(AI & Robotics Technology Park), IISc and DST , Govt of India to enable Digitization of MSME and large industries.

We will explore how Taksa ingests data through industrial connectors such as OPC UA, Modbus,vendor gateways, and other edge integrations, and how it standardizes raw machine data into a structured, reliable data layer for downstream applications.

The session will also cover the architecture of Taksa across the edge device and Taksa console showing how manufacturers can reduce dependency on brittle integrations, create a common namespace for industrial data, and support real-time monitoring, analytics, alerts, and operational dashboards.

Through practical use cases, including machine-state monitoring and a real-world metal fabrication scenario, participants will see how a Factory OS approach can improve productivity, reduce manual intervention, and accelerate smarter decision-making on the shop floor.

Participants will walk away with actionable strategies to design a scalable manufacturing data foundation and enable faster industrial digital transformation.

We’ll also discuss the ecosystem approach: how system integrators, hardware/IoT makers, and FOSS contributors can collaborate to build interoperable connectors and accelerate deployments across India. The goal is simple: make digitization open, secure, affordable, and scalable so every manufacturer large or small can become AI-ready.

Key Takeaways

Hidden challenges in shop-floor data integration.

Why point-to-point manufacturing integrations fail at scale.

How Taksa Factory OS standardizes industrial data across systems.

Building a reusable manufacturing data layer using edge and console architecture.

Enabling dashboards, alerts, analytics, and AI-powered insights from factory data.

Real-world use cases in machine monitoring and metal fabrication.

References

https://taksa.org

https://github.com/artpark-hub/taksa

Session Categories

Introducing a FOSS project or a new version of a popular project

Contributing to FOSS

Other

Community

Speakers

Chetan Kumar S Technopreneur In Residence | Artpark @ IISc

Chetan Kumar S is the CEO & Founder of Takşa, where he is building Takşa Factory OS, an open-source operating system for factories designed to help MSMEs and large manufacturing enterprises modernize and scale their operations.

A technology entrepreneur with deep experience in building enterprise products and scaling technology-led initiatives, Chetan has worked with leading organizations including Cisco, Mavenir, and Juniper. He also previously co-founded a startup and achieved a successful exit.

Chetan holds a Master’s degree from IISc (Indian Institute of Science). Today, he is focused on reimagining manufacturing technology through open, scalable systems that make digital transformation more accessible to factories of every size.

A slightly more premium version:

Chetan Kumar S is the CEO & Founder of Takşa, where he is building Takşa Factory OS—an open-source Factory OS created to enable MSMEs and large manufacturers to digitally transform and scale with greater efficiency.

He is a technology entrepreneur with deep expertise in enterprise products and technology-led growth. Before founding Takşa, Chetan worked with leading organizations such as Cisco, Mavenir, and Juniper. He also previously co-founded a startup and led it to a successful exit.

Chetan earned his Master’s from IISc (Indian Institute of Science). He is now focused on transforming factory operations through open, scalable, and accessible digital infrastructure.

Sandeep B Principal Engineer | Artpark @ IISc

Sandeep Basavaraj is a Principal AI Engineer at Taksa (ARTPARK, IISc), building AI solutions for manufacturing and enabling factories to become data-driven and automation-ready. He brings 15+ years of experience across embedded systems and large-scale distributed software, with deep expertise in Linux systems, concurrency, and performance engineering. Over his career, he has worked with EPSON (Fiery), Cisco - AppDynamics ,Toshiba, and Sony delivering production grade products and platforms. At Taksa, his focus is on an open industrial data backbone that helps manufacturers adopt AI at scale and progress toward autonomous operations.

Reviews

The proposal is quite detailed, and the project seems interesting. Note to the proposer - please provide a brief overview of a shop floor and the problems of industrial automation as the audience might not have an understanding of such concepts ahead of time

Reviewer #1 Approved