Digital twin-driven rapid reconfiguration of the automated manufacturing system via an open architecture model

• Published in: Robotics and computer-integrated manufacturing Vol. 63; p. 101895
• Main Authors: Leng, Jiewu, Liu, Qiang, Ye, Shide, Jing, Jianbo, Wang, Yan, Zhang, Chaoyang, Zhang, Ding, Chen, Xin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2020; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Automation; Computer simulation; Cyber-physical system; Digital twin; Digital twins; Industrial internet of things; Machine tools; Manufacturing; Modules; Open architecture; Open architectures; Optimization; Physical simulation; Process planning; Production capacity; Production planning; Reconfigurable manufacturing system; Reconfiguration; Smart manufacturing; Cyber-physical system; Digital twin; Industrial internet of things; Open architecture; Reconfigurable manufacturing system; Smart manufacturing

•A novel digital twin-driven approach for rapid reconfiguration of automated manufacturing systems is proposed.•Open-architecture machine tools (OAMTs) that can be rapidly reconfigured are defined and developed.•A REST-based IIoT model is proposed for the rapid reconfiguration of controls and sensor...