Rust in the Wild: A Factory Control System from Scratch

Carter Schultz shares the adventure story of his team at Amp Robotics, who, despite being new to Rust, embarked on building a critical piece of infrastructure: a factory control system from scratch. He details the challenges faced, including tight deadlines, a global supply chain crisis, and the decision to adopt Rust for its promises of safety and efficiency. The talk highlights the integration of various industrial components, the architecture of their microservices-based system, and the surprising success they achieved, ultimately crediting Rust for enabling them to build a complex, reliable system in a significantly shorter time with fewer bugs than traditional approaches. This talk is a testament to the practical application of Rust in building large-scale, real-world systems.