Robert Harrison

TL;DR: This book presents cutting-edge emerging technologies and approaches in the areas of service-oriented architectures, intelligent devices and cloud-based cyber-physical systems and also depicts technologies and architectures as well as a migration approach and engineering tools based on these.

TL;DR: The paper focuses on the CPS engineering toolset being developed by the Automation Systems Group in the Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), University of Warwick, Coventry, U.K. and explains via an industrial case study how such a component-based engineering tool set can support an integrated approach to the virtual and physical engineering of automation systems through their lifecycle.

TL;DR: A vision for utilising service-oriented architectures to support the lifecycle needs of automation systems in the context of agile manufacturing, i.e., engineering easily configurable manufacturing systems composed of standard components that may be remotely supported by geographically distributed engineering partners to suit changing and unpredictable business needs is described.

TL;DR: UK-based research, in collaboration with the Ford Motor Company and several machine builders, has resulted in the development of full-scale prototype reconfigurable modular automation systems for both engine assembly and machining applications.

TL;DR: The specification and deployment of enterprise modelling and component-based system concepts to facilitate the distributed engineering of automotive manufacturing machines is reported in this paper, where a consortium of leading automotive companies is collaborating on the research project with the aim of producing a new range of engine products that will be used in various makes of vehicle around the globe.