Smart Plant Application of Autonomous Decentralized Systems with the Introduction of Edge Nodes

Abstract

This paper illustrates the application of an autonomous decentralized system introducing edge nodes in a smart factory. The nodes include atomic nodes, the most fundamental autonomic units constituting an autonomous decentralized system that are capable of independently extracting information from the data field and processing that information internally and simultaneously transmitting the processing results and other internal information to the data field proactively in a broadcast mode, where the transmitted information circulates in the data field. The group-based data field enables the sharing of information by atomic nodes. Grouped management nodes are the managers of the whole group, and edge nodes are the terminal intelligent control units of an intelligent autonomous decentralized system. Improvements in system decentralization, fault tolerance characteristics and flexibility of the system can lead to homogenization, autonomous control and autonomous coordination in complex manufacturing environments, as well as excellent online fault tolerance, online expansion and online maintenance of the system. In addition, it enhances the ever-changing and evolving control requirements by deconstructing the complexity in the system.