Industry 4.0 has proposed the Asset Administration Shell (AAS) model for digital twins. This
model should help to solve interoperability issues, a topic that is also addressed by the …

Today, in a smart manufacturing environment based on the Industry 4.0 paradigm, people,
technological infrastructure and machinery equipped with sensors can constantly generate …

Industry 4.0 (I4. 0) aims at achieving the interconnectivity of multiple industrial assets from
different hierarchical layers within a manufacturing environment. The Asset Administration …

Definition Knowledge integration is well explained by the human–organization–technology
(HOT) approach known from knowledge management. This approach contains the …

This paper introduces the Steel Cold Rolling Ontology (SCRO) to model and capture domain
knowledge of cold rolling processes and activities within a steel plant. A case study is set up …

Digital technologies are becoming more pervasive and industrial companies are exploiting
them to enhance the potentialities related to Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) …

In order to react efficiently to changes in production, resources and their functions must be
integrated into plants in accordance with the plug and produce principle. In this context …

The production line must continuously adjust to meet the increasing demand for
individualized products, such as the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) production line …

Interoperability is an essential key in the Industrial Internet of Things and Industry 4.0,
enabling devices and equipment from different vendors to share information and knowledge …

Adaptive robots are a crucial factor for small-batch manufacturing. In this context, the new
class of cable-driven parallel robots (CDPRs) represents a promising technology that …