THOMAS | Mobile dual arm robotic workers with embedded cognition for hybrid and dynamically reconfigurable manufacturing systems
01-10-2016
-31-03-2021
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NIMBLE | Collaboration Network for Industry, Manufacturing, Business and Logistics in Europe
01-10-2016
-31-03-2020
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Comment: Refrain from proprietary formats; if necessary, build adapters that go both ways (import/export).
Platform-independent micro-service architecture (micro-services are designed to be independent of Bluemix stack (but can use it if it’s there))
Standards compliance for product categorisation (eClass), business process specification (UBL), oneM2M for manufacturing interoperation.
SAFIRE | Cloud-based Situational Analysis for Factories providing Real-time Reconfiguration Services
01-10-2016
-30-09-2019
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Comment: Each SAFIRE service will be developed as own docker container, to allow easy distribution and scalability of whole SAFIRE solution in the cloud
HORSE | Smart integrated Robotics system for SMEs controlled by Internet of Things based on dynamic manufacturing processes
11-01-2015
-31-07-2020
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COMPOSITION | Ecosystem for Collaborative Manufacturing Processes _ Intra- and Interfactory Integration and Automation
01-09-2016
-31-08-2019
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Comment: Interoperability between installed equipment and infrastructure (machines, environment, people) is critical to capture and process data for the COMPOSITION IIMS components.
General interoperability framework
Comment: Log-Oriented Architecture through Blockchain Implementation for providing Audit Trail for Manufacturing & Supply Chain data, Matchmaking services (including semantic queries) as part of the Open Marketplace
FAR-EDGE | Factory Automation Edge Computing Operating System Reference Implementation
01-10-2016
-31-10-2019
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Comment: According to the RAMI 4.0 architecture, the “standard” way for Industrie 4.0 platforms to integrate legacy equipment (or any other kind of legacy “object”, including software components) into will be to encapsulate them inside an ad-hoc Administration Shell wrapper, which will expose them as I4.0 Components. The I4.0 interface specification has not been published yet, but a key enabling technology will probably be OPC UA, used as both a communication protocol and a data meta-model. In FAR-EDGE, OPC UA will be one of the field communication technology supported.
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Daedalus | Distributed control and simulAtion platform to support an Ecosystem of DigitAL aUtomation developerS
01-10-2016
-30-09-2019
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Comment: CPS interface: Extension of automation objects to include/interface with behavioral models. HW/SW wrapping of legacy and/or proprietary systems
General interoperability framework
Comment: Integrating "digital" applications running in other platform into the real-time automation engineering environment is a very interesting use-case
DIGICOR | Decentralised Agile Coordination Across Supply Chains
01-10-2016
-30-09-2019
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Comment: DIGICOR applications are developed as standalone plug-and-play tools with dedicated interfaces. External applications (e.g. production planning, schedulling, workflow management etc) can also be deployed on DIGICOR toolstore
vf-OS | Virtual Factory Open Operating System
01-10-2016
-31-10-2019
Z-Fact0r | Zero-defect manufacturing strategies towards on-line production management for European factories
01-10-2016
-31-03-2020
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Comment:
Data communication between components is essential for the project. End users create data on their shop floor with embedded sensors on the machines, new integrated sensors developed for the project. All these data is propagated in the system with data communication protocols, such as HTTP and AMQP, creating a data stream process in the system. Interoperability between the data communication protocolos and brockers is crucial for a successful result of the data communication of the system. Various data sources work together and use different communication protocols. As a result, all these components and protocols should seamlessly work and their interoperability is what helps them. A message brocker was developed for the project, based on AMQP for data communication. In the initial phases of the project, there were also RESTful APIs that helped in the initial development of the components.
General interoperability framework
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Z-Fact0r components were developed by different technical providing partners as mostly standalone components. The result was that on each shop floor worked many different components individually. An interoperability level was necessary for the Z-Fact0r system to be a solution to work as a whole. Various integration processes and extensive planning took place during the project and created an integrated system as a final product. The interoperability between the components was the first essential characteristic for the integration process. The components were desinged in the system, in a way that allowed them to operate together without conflicts during data streaming and operation.
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Z-Fact0r architecture was based on the modular design of the components and then the integration of the components to a complete system. For each component a specific architecture was followed by the responsible technology providing partner, base on the use cases, scenarios, end user requirements and technical requirements. The desing for each component was documented in the respective deliverable. Each component also followed the technological trends of their fields and exploited the state of the art of the field. An overall ontology of the Z-Fact0r system was created to include all possible actors, functions, assets etc. All components were initially deployed as standalone applications and then an integration plan was implemented. Z-Fact0r project followed the Incremental Integration Strategy (IIS) where the components were deployed on the shop floors and integrated as one.
UPTIME | UNIFIED PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE SYSTEM
01-09-2017
-28-02-2021
PreCoM | Predictive Cognitive Maintenance Decision Support System
01-11-2017
-28-02-2021
SCOTT | Secure COnnected Trustable Things
01-05-2017
-31-10-2020