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OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA) is a machine to machine communication protocol for industrial automation developed by the OPC Foundation.
(see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPC_Unified_Architecture)
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All production cells are censorised and equiped with OPC-UA, that logs their state and sends it to a central server.
Fore more information about OPC and AAS, see this video.