What is it about?
Industry 4.0 demands a dynamic optimization of production lines. They are formed by sets of heterogeneous devices that cooperate towards a shared goal. The Internet of Things can serve as a technology enabler for implementing such a vision. Nevertheless, the domain is struggling in finding a shared understanding of the concepts for describing a device. This aspect plays a fundamental role in enabling an “intelligent interoperability” among sensor and actuators that will constitute a dynamic Industry 4.0 production line. In this paper, we summarize the efforts of academics and practitioners toward describing devices in order to enable dynamic reconfiguration by machines or humans. We also propose a set of concepts for describing devices, and we analyze how present initiatives are covering these aspects.
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Why is it important?
The autonomous behavior of smart devices will play a critical role in designing the production lines fostered by the Industry 4.0 vision due to the increasing complexity, which is beyond human reach.
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I hope this article will stimulate a conversation among scholar and practitioners of Semantic Web, Robotics and Internet of Things and I believe that a proper integration of these domains can implement the industry 4.0 vision.
Dr. Eng. Francesco Lelli
Tilburg University
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This page is a summary of: Interoperability of the Time of Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things, Future Internet, February 2019, MDPI AG,
DOI: 10.3390/fi11020036.
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