During recent years, one of the most familiar names scaling new heights and creating a
benchmark in the world is the Internet of Things (IoT). It is indeed the future of …

Many implementations of the OPC-UA are increasingly available. Until now, use of
technologies like the OPC-UA was limited to embedded systems with a sufficient amount of …

Shortening product lifecycles and small lot sizes require manufacturing systems to adapt
increasingly fast. Many existing machine tools, handling and logistics systems provide a …

The vision of factories-of-the-future is motivating many industrial companies to modernise
their existing portfolio of systems and services to maintain market share and improve …

Data-driven services (optimization or condition monitoring) are often deployed using cloud
architectures. The shop floor itself becomes more and more flexible and reconfigurable …

The rise of Internet of Things (IoT) has impacted the industrial automation world. Traditional
fleldbus and new fieldbus based on Real Time Ethernet (as PROFINET) have been …

In the future, production systems will consist of modular and flexible production components,
being able to adapt to completely new manufacturing processes. This requirement arises …

Software technologies play an increasingly significant role in industrial environments,
especially for the adoption of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). In this context, the …

The Smart Factory Web (SFW) is a platform that connects Smart Factories over a network to
enable flexible sharing and management of resources, assets and inventory to maximize …

Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) standards aim to support hard real-time communication
with minimum latency based on Ethernet technology. They can also support the automotive …