Towards an industry 4.0 compliant control software architecture using IEC 61499 & OPC UA

T Terzimehic, M Wenger, A Zoitl… - 2017 22nd IEEE …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The fourth industrial revolution introduced additional requirements on the industrial systems'
control software in order to cope with current manufacturing systems' flexibility demands …

Hybrid Synchronous–Asynchronous Execution of Reconfigurable PLC Programs in Edge Computing

N Zhou, D Li - IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In edge computing, heterogeneous automation tasks, such as networked motion control and
reconfiguration management, have diverse weights on determinism and flexibility. Such …

Workspace Sharing Assembly Robots: Applying IEC 61499 to System Integration and Application Development

M Plasch, G Ebenhofer, M Hofmann… - Distributed Control …, 2017 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Future production systems are characterized by highly distributed and modular
architectures, which have to be highly adaptable to satisfy customer and market needs …