Integrated Cyber Physical Simulation Modelling Environment for Manufacturing 4.0

Abstract

This paper studied the recent development and applications of cyber physical system into manufacturing industry. It is observed in literature some models of system design and system development for Industry 4.0 but few were found specifically for manufacturing systems modelling and simulation. This paper proposed a novel system framework of Integrated Cyber Physical Simulation Modelling Environment for Manufacturing 4.0, which incorporated an architecture integrating Aggregate Cyber Space Controller (ACSC) with Physical Space Distributed Controller (PSDC). The concepts of digital twin, distributed artificial intelligence, machine learning, and distributed autonomous control are deployed in the framework with the intention to explore the future potential applications of systems modelling and simulation for manufacturing Industry 4.0 systems. The framework proposed is an extension of Cyber Physical Production System (CPPS) and provides a scenario of hybrid cyber space simulation and physical space discrete controller for manufacturing 4.0.