This article presents a systematic literature review on the Plug and Produce concept in
advanced automated manufacturing control systems. Over recent decades, this concept has …

The fundamental role played by “new technologies” to enhance the manufacturing
infrastructure, products and services is confirmed by the strategies, roadmaps and initiatives …

With the emergence of the Industry 4.0 concept, or the fourth industrial revolution, the
industry is bearing witness to the appearance of more and more complex systems, often …

Energy Infrastructures) are increasingly evolving into complex and distributed networks of
Cyber-Physical Systems. Although the cyber systems provide great flexibility in the operation …

In the last decades, several research initiatives suggested new solutions regarding the
interoperability and interconnectivity among heterogeneous production components and all …

This paper investigates the feasibility of using an agent-based framework to configure,
control and coordinate dynamic, real-time robotic operations with the use of ontology …

This paper presents the results of the design, simulation, and implementation of a virtual
vehicle. Such a process employs the Unity videogame platform and its Machine Learning …

Manual assembly systems are featured with high flexibility but with the risk of lower quality,
higher cycle time, inefficient resource employment, and affecting sustainability goals in …

This paper discusses the design and implementation of a software platform that undergoes
the configuration and control activities that are needed in a modular production station …

Automation has been long used to increase productivity, quality, reproducibility and
reliability in production factories. This strategy has been fruitful in the presence of stable …