Over the last decade, the 4th Industrial Revolution has introduced new challenges to manufacturing as consumers increasingly demand highly customizable products. New technologies and standards have emerged to meet these demands, and stakeholders are racing to stay competitive. Among these technologies are advanced industrial controllers capable of running complex software, such as multi-agent control systems, directly on the edge. Training on such technology requires accessible hardware, which this work addresses by proposing a modular, flexible controller designed for integration with both open-source and proprietary systems used in modern factories. This modular industrial controller prototype, developed at a fraction of the cost of current models, was successfully tested and validated with educational kits.
@inproceedings{10639979,
author={Potier, João and Arvana, Miguel and Filipe, Leandro and M-Oliveira, Fabio and Rocha, Andre Dionisio and Barata, Jose},
booktitle={2024 IEEE 7th International Conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS)},
title={Development of an Open, Modular Controller for Training in Emergent Automation Technologies},
year={2024},
doi={10.1109/ICPS59941.2024.10639979}
}