Testbed for Model-based Verification of Cyber-physical Production Systems

Abstract

Cyber-physical production systems (CPPS) build a network of industrial automation components and systems to enable individualized products at mass production costs. Failures or vulnerabilities in CPPS can be life threatening and can cause physical damage while hiding the effects from monitors. Thus, software verification and validation methods need to analyze the dynamics and behavior of CPPS. In this work, we present a hybrid testbed used in Siemens Corporate Technology. The testbed combines a physical CPPS together with its virtual simulated counterpart, allowing us to verify the system using runtime monitoring, model-based testing, simulation and formal techniques.