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Traditional execution and reasoning pipelines deployed at edge nodes typically rely on fixed topologies, where computation, memory access, and control flows are statically predefined. These rigid designs are ill-equipped to handle process variations or dynamic task scheduling, leading to execution discontinuities, state inconsistencies, and suboptimal runtime responsiveness in embodied systems. This paper proposes a sensor-driven, context-aware adaptive reasoning framework for embodied industrial production systems. The framework integrates heterogeneous industrial sensor perception with causal dependency graphs to dynamically reconfigure reasoning paths according to changing tasks, resource states, and real-time sensor observations. Multi-dimensional context embedding vectors generated from multi-modal sensor data are maintained in a lightweight context memory layer, ensuring seamless cross-node state continuity and efficient data migration. Furthermore, a predictive task scheduling model constructs and dismantles temporary execution chains on demand while continuously updating the global topology model. Experimental results demonstrate significant improvements in reasoning continuity, context consistency, and real-time task responsiveness compared with traditional fixed-topology reasoning pipelines. 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