Advancements in Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems: An Overview and Perspectives

TLDR

Cyber‑physical systems promise substantial societal, economic, and environmental benefits, and recent advances in computing, communication, and storage have spurred their adoption in industry, where ICPSs enable large‑scale cooperation across value‑chain stakeholders, making research into their engineering essential. This article reviews recent developments in industrial cyber‑physical systems and outlines future research directions. The authors describe ICPS architecture and survey advances across relevant research domains.

Abstract

Cyber-physical systems (CPSs) have attracted increasing attention in recent years due to their promise for substantial and long-term benefits to society, economy, environment, and citizens. In addition, the rapid advances in computing, communication, and storage technologies have resulted in a revolution in the information communication technology domain and domination in the industry context. The utilization of CPSs in industrial settings has led to industrial cyber-physical systems (ICPSs), which, in conjunction with the information-driven interactions, enables large-scale cooperation in industrial facilities and among all the stakeholders of the value chain. Hence, the research on ICPSs is essential, especially with respect to the engineering of such systems for industrial applications. This article presents an overview of recent developments in ICPSs. We first introduce the architecture of ICPSs. Then, we review the developments of ICPSs in relevant research domains. Finally, this article concludes by presenting some potential future research directions on ICPSs.