scholarly journals A Literature Survey on Open Platform Communications (OPC) Applied to Advanced Industrial Environments

Electronics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isaías González ◽  
Antonio José Calderón ◽  
João Figueiredo ◽  
João M. C. Sousa
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Cyber Physical Systems ◽  
Literature Survey ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Broad Perspective ◽  
Physical Systems ◽  
Open Platform ◽  
Open Research ◽  
Distributed Components

Extensive digitization and interconnection through networks have ushered in a number of new paradigms over the last years: Internet of Things, cyber–physical systems, Industry 4.0, etc. These challenging systems rely on an effective information communication between distributed components. Therefore, the heterogeneity of entities, both hardware and software, must be handled to achieve an operative interoperability and a proper behavior. However, there is also a heterogeneous availability of solutions; different technologies, protocols, and architectures aim to achieve a seamless interconnection. Henceforth, the standardization still requires great efforts from industrial and scientific environments. In this sense, the interface of the open platform communications (OPC) has supported connectivity for automation and supervision infrastructures for more than two decades. The OPC comprises the so-called classic OPC, the original protocol, as well as the last specification, unified architecture (UA). The widespread utilization of the classic OPC together with the powerful functionalities of OPC UA, make the latter one of the main candidates to lead the standardization and systems integration. This paper presents a survey of recent OPC-based systems reported in scientific literature for different domains as well as research projects. The goal of this paper is to provide a broad perspective about the OPC’ applicability and capabilities in order to support the decision about communication interfaces. The results are analyzed and discussed putting special attention on the aforementioned new paradigms. Finally, the main conclusions and open research directions are highlighted.

Monitoring and Control of Dual-Arm Industrial Robot Tasks Using IoT Application and Services

2015 ◽  
Vol 762 ◽  
pp. 255-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mircea Murar ◽  
Stelian Brad
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Testing ◽  
Industrial Robot ◽  
Cyber Physical Systems ◽  
Monitoring And Control ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Physical Systems ◽  
Selection For ◽  
Robot Tasks ◽  
And Control ◽  
Dual Arm

In the context of latest technological revolution, Industry 4.0, connectivity and therefore access and control of cyber-physical systems and resources from any place, at any time by any means represent a technological enabler of crucial importance. The first part of this paperwork contains a brief introduction of cyber-physical systems and IoT concepts, together with a review of major IoT providers. The second part introduces an approach towards achieving connectivity and remote control of task selection for a dual-arm industrial robot using a commercially available IoT infrastructure and technology provided by ioBridge. Within the third part, details about experimental testing and evaluation of the selected solutions are presented. The last part is allocated for conclusions and further research directions.

scholarly journals TAXONOMY OF THE INDUSTRY 4.0: THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO A NEW CONTEXT

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Mota ◽  
Ari Melo Mariano ◽  
Simone Borges Simão Monteiro
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Hierarchical Classification ◽  
Cyber Physical Systems ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Physical Systems ◽  
Practical Model ◽  
Advanced Robotics ◽  
Digital Manufacture

Understanding Industry 4.0 is to assimilate the elements that comprise it and to understand the processes necessary to implement it. The objective of this study was to perform a taxonomy regarding the theme industry 4.0, presenting the main contributions, obstacles and perspective regarding the theme. To reach this goal, this study began with a systematic review through the Theory of the Consolidated Meta-Analytic Approach, presenting the main scientific contributions and key factors of success. In the second part, an interview was conducted, with six researchers in the field of industry 4.0, to discuss the results of the scientific literature. There were nine key factors to the success of industry 4.0 (Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), Internet of Things (IOT), Additive Manufacturing, Digital Manufacture (Simulation), Smart Factory, Big Data and Analytics, Cloud Computing, Digital Security and Advanced Robotics) and the major obstacles to implementing these factors. In addition, the opinions of the specialists were evaluated and categorized them by descending hierarchical classification and confirmatory factorial analysis, offering a practical model of implementation.

scholarly journals Challenges and Research Directions in Medical Cyber–Physical Systems

2012 ◽  
Vol 100 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Insup Lee ◽  
O. Sokolsky ◽  
Sanjian Chen ◽  
J. Hatcliff ◽  
Eunkyoung Jee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cyber Physical Systems ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Physical Systems

Research directions in energy-sustainable cyber–physical systems

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandeep K.S. Gupta ◽  
Tridib Mukherjee ◽  
Georgios Varsamopoulos ◽  
Ayan Banerjee
Keyword(s):  
Cyber Physical Systems ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Physical Systems

The Research on the Framework of Cyber-Physical Systems for the Reliable Sensing and Optimization Scheduling

2011 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
pp. 451-454
Author(s):  
Yong Liang Lun ◽  
Liang Lun Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Data Processing ◽  
Physical World ◽  
Cyber Physical Systems ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Physical Systems ◽  
Tight Integration ◽  
Optimization Scheduling

CPS is characterized by the tight integration of physical world and cyber world. Based on the brief introduction of the CPS and the research of its framework, we purpose a novel framework of the CPS aiming on the reliable sensing and optimization scheduling. The framework has five layers which are access layer, apperceive layer, networks layer, data processing layer and services layer. We make the introduction and analysis of each layer and point out the further research directions of them.

Towards post-quantum security for cyber-physical systems: Integrating PQC into industrial M2M communication1

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-31
Author(s):  
Sebastian Paul ◽  
Patrik Scheible ◽  
Friedrich Wiemer
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Computer ◽  
Mutual Authentication ◽  
Cyber Physical Systems ◽  
Transport Layer ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Symbolic Model ◽  
Physical Systems ◽  
Open Platform ◽  
Hybrid Solution ◽  
Security Levels

The threat of a cryptographically relevant quantum computer contributes to an increasing interest in the field of post-quantum cryptography (PQC). Compared to existing research efforts regarding the integration of PQC into the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol, industrial communication protocols have so far been neglected. Since industrial cyber-physical systems (CPS) are typically deployed for decades, protection against such long-term threats is needed. In this work, we propose two novel solutions for the integration of post-quantum (PQ) primitives (digital signatures and key establishment) into the industrial protocol Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture (OPC UA): a hybrid solution combining conventional cryptography with PQC and a solution solely based on PQC. Both approaches provide mutual authentication between client and server and are realized with certificates fully compliant to the X.509 standard. We implement the two solutions and measure and evaluate their performance across three different security levels. All selected algorithms (Kyber, Dilithium, and Falcon) are candidates for standardization by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). We show that Falcon is a suitable option – especially – when using floating-point hardware provided by our ARM-based evaluation platform. Our proposed hybrid solution provides PQ security for early adopters but comes with additional performance and communication requirements. Our solution solely based on PQC shows superior performance across all evaluated security levels in terms of handshake duration compared to conventional OPC UA but comes at the cost of increased handshake sizes. In addition to our performance evaluation, we provide a proof of security in the symbolic model for our two PQC-based variants of OPC UA. For this proof, we use the cryptographic protocol verifier ProVerif and formally verify confidentiality and authentication properties of our quantum-resistant variants.

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