Vision:

• Design and operation of cyber-physical production modules for the sustainable factory environment of the future
  

   

  Focus features of autonomous production:

  • Self-explanatory capability
  • Fault tolerance and resilience
  • Resource adaption
  • Collaboration

Long-term goals

• Innovative “pl4” modules and hardware in the demonstrator landscape (based on sustainability aspects and requirements of pl4).
• A SmartFactoryKL network (internal and external), available and retrievable at any time.
• A new infrastructure based on the overall concept, topology, power supply (dc, ac, ethernet, etc.).
• Integration of the edge architecture (edge devices, edge nodes, etc.) In the demonstrator.

Short-term goals

• Module requirements determined in the context of Production Level 4.
• Whitepaper about implementation of an innovative infrastructure for the demonstrator and new pl4 module development.

Advanced design of the edge architecture and, if necessary, initial implementation.

Vision:

Build a manufacturer-independent platform for the autonomous process control of production systems.

Focus features of autonomous production:

• Self-explanatory capability
• Collaboration
• Resource adaption
• Decision making capability

Long-term goals

• A manufacturer-independent and robust information architecture and middleware.
• Information and capability models in the administrative shell
• Autonomous and flexible process control in production through a matching approach.
• Negotiation strategies for optimal and sustainable resource use.

Short-term goals

• Interface to the product configurator and derivation of product administrative shells.
• An interoperable middleware for data collection and storage.
• Capability models for product and process adminatrative shells.
• Autonomous capability matching of product and machine for flexible process control.
• Visualization of module states and production decision processes.

Vision:

Build a cognitive factory that can make active choices to improve production.

Focus features of autonomous production:

• Decision making capability
• Self-learning ability
• Fault tolerance and resilience

Long-term goals

• Assistance systems for humans through automated processing of data and recommended actions based on this data.
• Optimization and control of production processes through agent systems (trained in simulations).
• Early detection of faults and malfunctions through modern sensor technology.
• Minimize and optimize retooling through automated parameterization.
• Linking cloud, edge, and ot

…based on machine learning methods

Short-term goals

• Integrated sensors in the production modules / transport systems.
• Data analytics for the dashboard.
• Worker assistance in the commissioning and servicing of modules.

A material flow simulation for the demonstrator.