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Jurassic Park 2.0: A Reconfigurable Digital Twins Platform for Industrial Internet of Things

Authors:
Eliseu Pereira
Gil Gonçalves

Keywords: Cyber-Physical Systems; Digital Twin; IEC-61499; Industrial Internet of Things; Virtualization

Abstract:
Digital Twin (DT) emerged as an Industry 4.0 concept that reflects the behavior of physical entities and processes in the digital environment providing real-time information and insights. Typically, DTs are deployed on specific scenarios or components, virtualizing services and monitoring process variables. This extremely focused software implementation makes harder the adaptation and replication of DTs for new components with similar characteristics. This work focuses on upgrading an existent Internet of Things (IoT) platform, Jurassic Park, to permit the development of flexible DTs, facilitating the implementation and modification of IEC-61499 compliant Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). The upgraded Jurassic Park is a web-based platform that manages IEC-61499 compatible devices executing the runtime environment (DINASORE). The platform was validated in 2 different scenarios, 1) in a distributed system composed of different DTs and 2) controlling a gripper of a robotic arm.

Pages: 43 to 52

Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2022. Used with permission.

Publication date: December 31, 2022

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ISSN: 1942-2652