Industry 4.0 is a new technological wave that dramatically transformed the industrial environment. It consists in taking to shop floor solutions and concepts from Internet of Things, such as high connectivity, integration cooperation between distinct elements. The development smart devices, continuous evolution software tools implementation communication protocols make it possible implement sophisticated techniques for control, supervision optimization processes. Digital Twins are an...

Industry 4.0 (I4.0) is characterized by the integration of digital technologies into manufacturing processes and highlights new requirements for industrial systems such as greater interoperability, decentralization, modularization, independence. The traditional hierarchical architecture Industrial Automation Systems (IAS) does not fulfill these evolving to incorporate information in order support I4.0 applications. among technologies, equipment, at different industry levels requires a...

The wireless sensor network (WSN) technology has attracted increasing attention considering its potential in many application fields. In most studies on WSNs, the is assumed to cover several static devices over a fixed coverage area. As an extension of WSN capabilities, mobility and dynamism provide new chain interesting applications defined as dynamic (WDSN). initial challenge WDSN investigate whether this imposed will be supported, once used protocol must meet requirements for...

In a LoRaWAN network, the backend is generally distributed as Software Service (SaaS) based on container technology, and recently, containerized version of node stack also available. Exploiting disaggregation components, this paper focuses emulation complex end-to-end architecture infrastructures for smart city scenarios, leveraging lightweight virtualization technology. The fundamental metrics to gain insights evaluate scaling complexity emulated scenario are defined. Then, methodology...

Parameters such as tolerance, scale and agility utilized in data sampling for using Precision Agriculture required an expressive number of researches development techniques instruments automation. It is highlighted the employment methodologies remote sensing used coupled to a Geographic Information System (GIS), adapted or developed agricultural use. Aiming this, application Agricultural Mobile Robots strong tendency, mainly European Union, USA Japan. In Brazil, are necessary robotics...

The Fourth Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0 (I4.0) represents the evolution of current productive systems from merge industrial automation and informatics. technical innovation I4.0 is characterized by integration manufacturing systems, management over product life cycle decentralization computing resources. Reference Architecture Model for (RAMI 4.0) defines compatible elements in a three-dimensional layer model. Despite its acceptance, use RAMI still restricted to research...

The technical innovation of the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0—I4.0) is based on following respective conditions: horizontal and vertical integration manufacturing systems, decentralization computing resources continuous digital engineering throughout product life cycle. reference architecture model for Industry 4.0 (RAMI 4.0) a common systematizing, structuring mapping complex relationships functionalities required in I4.0 applications. Despite its adoption projects, RAMI an...

Recent advances in wireless networking technology and the proliferation of industrial sensors have led to an increasing interest using networks for closed loop control. The main advantages Wireless Networked Control Systems (WNCSs) are reconfigurability, easy commissioning possibility installation places where cabling is impossible. Despite these advantages, there two problems which must be considered practical implementations WNCSs. One problem sampling period constraint sensors. This...

There is a recent interest in the deployment of Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWANs), such as LoRaWAN, to support Internet Things (IoT) applications. Even though main advantage these LPWANs are long rage communication, challenge providing seamless and shadow area coverage still remains. This paper presents proposal hybrid LoRa Mesh/LoRaWAN network cope with this challenge. In proposal, mesh nodes connected Proxy node that works coordinator also LoRaWAN network. The topology improvement...

The Industry 4.0 (I4.0) is a new concept of production that requires jointly use industrial automation and information technologies in order to obtain greater efficiency, quality productivity. I4.0 implementation tied the application recent such as Industrial Internet Things Cloud Computing. In this context, paradigm collaborative through sharing services provides flexible, distributed integrated architecture using communication networks. This paper focuses on proposal microservice oriented...

The Industry 4.0 is a new industrial paradigm that aims to fulfill the needs for more reliable, flexible and efficient processes by implementing digital technology on shop floor. development of smart devices, software tools communication protocols makes it possible connect real machines instruments virtual space, enabling sophisticated control even future predictions. Digital Twins are an approach intercommunicating physical or systems, whose main goal improve performance system using...

A current trend in the agricultural area is development of mobile robots and autonomous vehicles for remote sensing. One major challenges design these electronic architecture integration control devices. Recent applications have used distributed architectures based on communication networks. technology that has been widely as an embedded network CAN protocol. The implementation ISO11783 standard represents standardization application machinery. This work describes a robot. discussions are...

A current trend in the agricultural area is development of mobile robots and autonomous vehicles for precision agriculture (PA). One major challenges design these electronic architecture control devices. In a joint project among research institutions private company Brazil multifunctional robotic platform information acquisition PA being designed. This has as main characteristics four-wheel propulsion independent steering, adjustable width, span 1,80 m height, diesel engine, hydraulic...

New manufacturing applications in Industry 4.0 (I4.0) focus on the combination of industrial informatics and automation technologies, including Industrial Internet Things, Network Control Systems, Service Oriented Architectures Cloud Computing. The great challenge these is to promote integration between equipment systems allocated at different hierarchical levels systems, making collaborative through use sharing services. This paper focuses study, implementation performance analysis...

Abstract Evolution has shown that legged locomotion is most adequate for tasks requiring versatile movement on land, allowing animals to traverse a wide variety of environments ranging from natural terrain artificial, man-made landscapes with great ease. By employing well-designed control schemes, this ability could be replicated robots, enabling them used in critical situations still pose danger human integrity, such as search and rescue missions, inspection hazardous areas, even space...

The recent introduction of wireless transmitters in the industry has driven a new interest measuring and control techniques, but most applications are restricted to open loop monitoring applications. reason is lack reliability due problems inherent transmission medium, such as loss information, time varying delays, slow sometimes-aperiodic update measurements interference. In order enable make networked systems (WNCS) more reliable, many techniques have been researched, including PIDPlus...

New communication technologies are being developed for the Internet of Things (IoT), such as wireless long distance and low power networks (LPWAN). The LoRa (Long Range) protocol, a technology long-range applications, is type LPWAN that has been recently widely used. 3D localization tracking objects using hotspot in IoT applications. In spite many methods improving accuracy traditional Wi-Fi, ZigBee Bluetooth, few them available this way, paper presents an improved system based on altimeter...

Uma grande tendência na área industrial tem sido a aplicação de tecnologias redes comunicação, como o protocolo CAN (Controller Area Network), solução em sistemas controle distribuído. O maior desafio no desenvolvimento distribuídos baseados industriais é efeito dos atrasos comunicação da rede desempenho do sistema controle. Este fato norteado modelos e ferramentas simulação para calcular esses atrasos, analisar simular comportamento temporal desses sistemas. Sob este contexto, apresenta-se...

Networked Control Systems (NCS) have become a widely considered research topic. This new control approach differs from the traditional fieldbus systems in that controller and plant are physically separated connected through an industrial network. The major challenge of NCS design is limited data feedback using communication network (network delays packet loss), which can degrade performance or even cause instability. For CAN-based NCS, another important issue correct selection messages...

Internet of Things (IoT) connect different types devices to control things or simply read data from then, such as room temperature, location, pressure and others, in a variety application domains using the World Wide Web. This is challenge for technology Information Security (IS). Therefore, this paper surveys advances IoT-based with an eye towards security, where discusses technologies used devices, risks which these are exposed stay directly global network, TCP/IP Network Layers Model that...

The use of renewable energy, notably solar and wind has grown exponentially in Brazil. Consumers can generate their energy using sources, whether interconnected to the distribution system (on-grid) or not (off-grid). In this paper, a fuzzy method is developed for recommendation any location Brazilian territory. many aspects, it be viewed as representation human decision-making sets inference rules also with vagueness uncertainty, being very useful idealize systems. Georeferenced historical...