The Internet of Things – The future or the end of mechatronics

Bradley, David; Russell, David W.; Ferguson, Ian; Isaacs, John P.; MacLeod, A. M.; White, Roger D.

doi:10.1016/j.mechatronics.2015.02.005

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“…The presented approach is in line with the perspective presented in Ref. [23] based on which many of the smart components associated with the IoT will be mechatronic in nature, which imposes the need for significant changes to the way mechatronic, and related, systems are designed and configured.…”

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confidence: 53%

UML4IoT—A UML-based approach to exploit IoT in cyber-physical manufacturing systems

Thramboulidis

Christoulakis

2016

Computers in Industry

151

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 53%

UML4IoT—A UML-based approach to exploit IoT in cyber-physical manufacturing systems

Thramboulidis

Christoulakis

2016

Computers in Industry

151

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“…Thus, the adoption of the IoT as integration technology for the system, transforms the conventional mechatronic component to an Industrial Automation Thing (IAT). This transformation is more likely, as authors also argue in [13], to bring significant changes to the way mechatronic, and related, systems are designed and configured. There is already an increasing complexity in the job of the industrial engineer in the task of transferring the functionality of the physical world in the software world in the level of the IAT.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Others consider IoT as the new logical transition from the automation and connectivity concepts that exist in the IAS domain for many years. Bradley et al [13], in an article with title "The Internet of Things-The future or the end of mechatronics", argue that many of the smart components associated with the IoT will be essentially mechatronic in nature, and will be constructed as far as it regards their interaction with the physical world on the conventional hierarchical model.…”

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From Mechatronic Components to Industrial Automation Things: An IoT Model for Cyber-Physical Manufacturing Systems

Thramboulidis¹,

Foradis²

2017

JSEA

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IoT is considered as one of the key enabling technologies for the fourth industrial revolution that is known as Industry 4.0. In this paper, we consider the mechatronic component as the lowest level in the system composition hierarchy that tightly integrates mechanics with the electronics and software required to convert the mechanics to intelligent (smart) object offering well defined services to its environment. For this mechatronic component to be integrated in the IoT-based industrial automation environment, a software layer is required on top of it to convert its conventional interface to an IoT compliant one. This layer, which we call IoT wrapper, transforms the conventional mechatronic component to an Industrial Automation Thing (IAT). The IAT is the key element of an IoT model specifically developed in the context of this work for the manufacturing domain. The model is compared to existing IoT models and its main differences are discussed. A model-to-model transformer is presented to automatically transform the legacy mechatronic component to an IAT ready to be integrated in the IoT-based industrial automation environment. The UML4IoT profile is used in the form of a Domain Specific Modelling Language to automate this transformation. A prototype implementation of an Industrial Automation Thing using C and the Contiki operating system demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed approach.

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“…By means of communication modules, TCP/IP-based solutions (hard and soft) may contribute to make remotely accessible the legacy commercial equipment that does not support Internet connectivity [1]. Concerning the adoption of IoT-based systems, in recent years, there has been a shift from systems based around the interconnection of physical components in which transmitted data has been used to facilitate control, to systems in which information is at the heart of the system and serviced by smart objects [9]. …”

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Easy Handling of Sensors and Actuators over TCP/IP Networks by Open Source Hardware/Software

Mejías

Herrera

Márquez

et al. 2017

Sensors

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There are several specific solutions for accessing sensors and actuators present in any process or system through a TCP/IP network, either local or a wide area type like the Internet. The usage of sensors and actuators of different nature and diverse interfaces (SPI, I2C, analogue, etc.) makes access to them from a network in a homogeneous and secure way more complex. A framework, including both software and hardware resources, is necessary to simplify and unify networked access to these devices. In this paper, a set of open-source software tools, specifically designed to cover the different issues concerning the access to sensors and actuators, and two proposed low-cost hardware architectures to operate with the abovementioned software tools are presented. They allow integrated and easy access to local or remote sensors and actuators. The software tools, integrated in the free authoring tool Easy Java and Javascript Simulations (EJS) solve the interaction issues between the subsystem that integrates sensors and actuators into the network, called convergence subsystem in this paper, and the Human Machine Interface (HMI)—this one designed using the intuitive graphical system of EJS—located on the user’s computer. The proposed hardware architectures and software tools are described and experimental implementations with the proposed tools are presented.

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The Internet of Things – The future or the end of mechatronics

Cited by 69 publications

References 117 publications

UML4IoT—A UML-based approach to exploit IoT in cyber-physical manufacturing systems

UML4IoT—A UML-based approach to exploit IoT in cyber-physical manufacturing systems

From Mechatronic Components to Industrial Automation Things: An IoT Model for Cyber-Physical Manufacturing Systems

Easy Handling of Sensors and Actuators over TCP/IP Networks by Open Source Hardware/Software

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