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Evergreen guides on edge agents, graph-first design, small language models, and running AI on the machine. Written to answer the questions people actually ask.
Why AI Agents Run on the Machine, Not the Cloud
Four reasons for on-device AI over the cloud. Latency, cost, connectivity and data sovereignty. How an Edge Agent works right on the device.
2026-06-24What Is an Edge Agent? Definition and Architecture
An Edge Agent is an AI agent that runs on the device itself. It perceives, reasons and acts locally within a bounded, deterministic graph.
2026-06-24The Virtual Service Technician as an Edge Agent
An on-device Edge Agent acts as a virtual service technician that detects machine faults and guides operators step by step, with no ticket needed.
2026-06-24Smart Home Setup with a Local Edge Agent Assistant
An Edge Agent turns smart home setup into a guided local dialog. On-device AI, private, no mandatory account, with MQTT device discovery.
2026-06-24Small Language Models (SLM) on Edge Hardware
Why an on-device small language model handles most industrial tasks, and how the intelligence cascade from rules to cloud keeps data on-premises.
2026-06-24Predictive Maintenance Across a Distributed Fleet
Local anomaly detection plus federated learning. Edge Agents explain faults on site and the fleet learns together, without centralizing raw data.
2026-06-24On-Device Knowledge Retention with Edge Agents
How an on-device Edge Agent captures implicit service knowledge, makes it searchable, and guards against the skills shortage, fully offline at the machine.
2026-06-24HVAC Edge Agent, On-Device AI for Building Control
An HVAC Edge Agent fuses CO2, temperature and occupancy on-device, writing only setpoints to the controller, never in the loop. GDPR-friendly edge AI.
2026-06-24Graph-first vs Loop-first for Edge AI Agents
Why deterministic, auditable AI wins on the machine. Graph-first makes the workflow the program and the AI agent just one bounded node among many.
2026-06-24Fall Detection in the Smart Home with a Local Edge Agent
How an Edge Agent could detect a fall locally on the device and alert a stored contact, without any video or audio leaving the home.
2026-06-24Privacy & GDPR by Design at the Edge
How an Edge Agent makes data sovereignty an architecture property through local processing, GDPR data minimization, and CRA readiness by design.
2026-06-24Edge Agent Platform vs. Point Solution
Why an edge agent platform of runtime, builder, deploy and fleet carries more use cases over time than a one-off point solution per problem.