We would like to summarize the efforts of academics and practitioners toward describing devices in order to enable dynamic reconfiguration by machines or humans. We also propose a set of concepts for describing devices, and we analyze how present initiatives are covering these aspect. We hope that this approach will foster a critical discussion around these topics for enabling an “intelligent interoperability” among sensor and actuators that will constitute a dynamic Industry 4.0 production line. About the author: Francesco Lelli is professor of Business Process Integration at the faculty of Economics of Tilburg University. His research interests include Internet of Things and Cloud computing and has authored several publication in this area.
We would like to summarize the efforts of academics and practitioners toward describing devices in order to enable dynamic reconfiguration by machines or humans. We also propose a set of concepts for describing devices, and we analyze how present initiatives are covering these aspect. We hope that this approach will foster a critical discussion around these topics for enabling an “intelligent interoperability” among sensor and actuators that will constitute a dynamic Industry 4.0 production line.