1. A collaborative automation platform, comprising: a controller server hosting one or more controllers, wherein each controller is configured to run a control application; a master junction box having a master autonomous process interface system; a plurality of junction boxes connected to the master junction box, wherein each junction box is hard-wired to one or more field instruments and configured to receive measurement data from each field instrument; and an input/output server hosting one or more input/output systems, each input/output system connected to a respective master autonomous process interface system, wherein each input/output system is configured to acquire status changes of each junction box, record a sequence of events based on the acquired status changes, generate applicable alarms based on the sequence of events, and publish any changed values to subscribers, via real-time data distribution service (DDS) middleware.