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Abstract
This paper introduces a methodological framework for developing an autonomous system that minimizes human involvement within a measurement chain. The approach integrates data acquisition, metadata retrieval, and processing within a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication paradigm, thereby substantially minimizing manual operations throughout the workflow. To safeguard data integrity and detect unintended corruption during M2M exchanges, a data self-validation mechanism is introduced. Aligned with the Industry 5.0 vision—which emphasizes advanced data management and intelligent machine communication—the proposed approach contributes to the ongoing digital transformation of metrology, namely, through the implementation of Digital Calibration Certificates (DCC), promoting seamless and automated exchange of measurement data. The system was successfully applied to an experimental remote meteorological station, enabling fully autonomous measurement, validation, and data storage using DCC.
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Contributions are invited on novel achievements in all fields of measurement and instrumentation science and technology. Authors are encouraged to submit novel material, whose ultimate goal is an advancement in the state of the art of: measurement and metrology fundamentals, sensors, measurement instruments, measurement and estimation techniques, measurement data processing and fusion algorithms, evaluation procedures and methodologies for plants and industrial processes, performance analysis of systems, processes and algorithms, mathematical models for measurement-oriented purposes, distributed measurement systems in a connected world.