2016/06/03 by Kleanthis Thramboulidis, Thramboulidis, Kleanthis, Theodoros Foradis +1
Engineering · #Digital Transformation in Industry #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems #Manufacturing Process and Optimization #Software Engineering (cs.SE)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1606.01120
openalex publication_date 2016/06/03 · openalex created_date 2022/10/01 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
IoT is considered as one of the key enabling technologies for the fourth\nindustrial revolution, that is known as Industry 4.0. In this paper, we\nconsider the mechatronic component as the lowest level in the system\ncomposition hierarchy that tightly integrates mechanics with the electronics\nand software required to convert the mechanics to intelligent (smart) object\noffering well defined services to its environment. For this mechatronic\ncomponent to be integrated in the IoT-based industrial automation environment,\na software layer is required on top of it to convert its conventional interface\nto an IoT compliant one. This layer, that we call IoTwrapper, transforms the\nconventional mechatronic component to an Industrial Automation Thing (IAT). The\nIAT is the key element of an IoT model specifically developed in the context of\nthis work for the manufacturing domain. The model is compared to existing IoT\nmodels and its main differences are discussed. A model-to-model transformer is\npresented to automatically transform the legacy mechatronic component to an IAT\nready to be integrated in the IoT-based industrial automation environment. The\nUML4IoT profile is used in the form of a Domain Specific Modeling Language to\nautomate this transformation. A prototype implementation of an Industrial\nAutomation Thing using C and the Contiki operating system demonstrates the\neffectiveness of the proposed approach.\n