Software-defined Cloud Manufacturing in the Context of Industry 4.0

Chen Yang, Shulin Lan, Weiming Shen, George Q. Huang, Lihui Wang

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Abstract

In the practice of 'Cloud Manufacturing (CMfg)' or 'Industrial Internet', there still exist key problems, including: 1) big data analytics and decision-making in the cloud could not meet the requirements of time-sensitive manufacturing applications, moreover uploading ZettaBytes of future device data to the cloud may cause serious network congestion, 2) the manufacturing system lacks openness and evolvability, thus restricting the rapid optimization and transformation of the system, 3) big data from the shop-floor IoT devices and the internet has not been effectively utilized to guide the optimization and upgrade of the manufacturing system. In view of these key practical problems, we propose an open evolutionary architecture of intelligent CMfg system with collaborative edge and cloud processing capability. Hierarchical gateways near shop-floor things are introduced to enable fast processing for time-sensitive applications. Big data in another dimension from the software defined perspective will be used to decide the efficient operations and highly dynamic upgrade of the system. From the software system view, we also propose a new mode - AI-Mfg-Ops (AI-enabled Cloud Manufacturing Operations) with a supporting framework, which can promote the fast operation and upgrading of CMfg systems with AI enabled monitoring-analysis-planning-execution close loop. This work can improve the universality of CMfg for real-time fast response and operation upgrading.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWRC SARA 2019 - World Robot Conference Symposium on Advanced Robotics and Automation 2019
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages184-190
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781728155524
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event2nd World Robot Conference Symposium on Advanced Robotics and Automation, WRC SARA 2019 - Beijing, China
Duration: 21 Aug 2019 → …

Publication series

NameWRC SARA 2019 - World Robot Conference Symposium on Advanced Robotics and Automation 2019

Conference

Conference2nd World Robot Conference Symposium on Advanced Robotics and Automation, WRC SARA 2019
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period21/08/19 → …

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Control and Optimization
  • Mechanical Engineering

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