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Based on Kurzweil's “Law of Accelerating Returns” we generate predictions on global annual shipments of industrial robots and briefly discuss a few relevant trends.
The Virtual eXperiences Lab at RMIT is a “21st century lab scope,” an enabling platform for research and prototyping in industrial automation, focusing on software engineering, next generation human-machine interaction experiences, user interfaces, and training. VxLab combines high resolution visualization, industrial automation facilities and cloud-based simulation servers in a dedicated private...
In packaging industry, the duration of the carton folding plays a fundamental role in the production process; in particular in the erection process when each panel rotates around the die-pressed lines called creases. Their bending response can be very complex, depending on forming and environment conditions. The crease mechanical properties, such as geometrical parameters, temperature, moisture and...
The current economical situation has forced European industries to increase their competitiveness regarding production system flexibility. One of the key initiatives within this research and development process is the german “Industrie 4.0” initiative aiming on increasing flexibility and improving vertical and horizontal integration. One key element of this initiative is the “Industrie 4.0 component”,...
This paper presents an approach that uses a supervisor architecture structure with the intention to reach flexibility of the combustion process control during the boiler functioning on the example of the high qualified GETEC Heat & Power AG. For this case, adaptive distributed 3-layer boiler control system with the supervisor on top is invented, supported on the middle layer with load distribution...
Industry 4.0 is a reality through the use of intelligent networks capable of gathering and analyzing data and acting on it autonomously. However, important advancements can be made when reconfigurable hardware comes into play. This work presents current trends used in the development of digital circuits, then enumerates a series of challenges faced in the Cyber-Physical Systems environment and, lastly,...
The Field Device Integration (FDI) standard represents an industry-wide consensus on device integration for the process industry. Following the release of IEC 62769, first products have been released at Hannover Fair 2015. Backward-compatibility, interoperability between vendors, and vertical integration based on OPC UA ensure protection of investment and lower life-cycle costs already in today's...
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