Cloud-Edge Computing-Based ICICOS Framework for Industrial Automation and Artificial Intelligence: A Survey

Industrial Automation (IA) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) need an integrated platform. Due to the uncertainty of the time required for training or reasoning tasks, it is difficult to ensure the real-time performance of AI in the factory. Thus in this paper, we carry out a detailed survey on cloud-edge computing-based Industrial Cyber Intelligent Control Operating System (ICICOS) for industrial automation and artificial intelligence. The ICICOS is built based on IEC61499 programming method and used to replace the obsolete Programmable Logic Controller (PLC). It is widely known that the third industrial revolution produced an important device: PLC. But the finite capability of PLC just only adapts automation which will not be able to support AI, especially deep learning algorithms. Edge computing promotes the expansion of distributed architecture to the Internet of Things (IoT), but little effect has been achieved in the territory of PLC. Therefore, ICICOS focuses on virtualization for IA and AI, so we introduce our ICICOS in this paper, and give the specific details.