The general goal of the project is to improve the efficiency, quality and traceability of production systems by means of introducing a high layer of control through the fog. In particular, the project will focus on the design and development of a complete architecture able to execute user-defined applications in terms of plant data acquisition, filtering, processing, establishing methods and developing tools for enabling fog-in-the-loop applications. To achieve the general goal, the project targets a set of specific...

The Co4AIR objectives are to investigate the theory-practice gaps in the teaching of Computers, Cognition, and Communication in Control; to develop and test new course content integrating multi-sectorial material; and to design and develop a pedagogical multimedia product and a student contest, both of these to be validated during two summer schools organized by the consortium. The project kicked off with a meeting at the University of Maribor, Slovenia, on September 27th 2018. It will be running from September 1st 2018...

The combination of Internet, intelligent machines, production systems and processes has derived in the fourth industrial revolution. This time, physical world is being seamlessly integrated into the productive processes through the network. The ‘Industry 4.0’ concept arises as a way to face the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution. But this concept is much more than the ‘internet of things’ or smart factory (both included in industry 4.0), as it emphasizes the idea of consistent...