Platforms for industrial cyber-physical systems integration: contradicting requirements as drivers for innovation

Abstract

The full potential of distributed cyber-physical systems (CPS) can only be leveraged if their functions and services can be flexibly integrated. Challenges like communication quality, interoperability, and amounts of data are massive. The design of such integration platforms therefore requires radically new concepts. This paper shows the industrial view, the business perspective on such envisioned platforms. It turns out that there are not only huge technical challenges to overcome but also fundamental dilemmas. Contradicting requirements and conflicting trends force us to re-think the task of interconnecting services of distributed CPS.