Various intelligent technologies, including machine learning, semantic analysis, and expert systems, are being used to identify patents of interest, rate their quality, and assess their potential value. The Cognitive Agent Toolbox translates events and behaviors between a natural-language programming environment and an autonomous robot controller, enabling engineers to use relatively simple commands to work with complex robots or groups of machines and to more easily understand robotic behavior.

Researchers have developed a leak- and burst-detection system that uses a range of AI techniques to accurately and quickly identify problems with leaky water pipes.