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Interaction Mechanism of Humans in a Cyber-Physical Environment

Konstantin KleinBogdan-constantin PîrvuMatthias LoskyllMarius VeigtKlaus-dieter ThobenBala-constantin ZamfirescuDennis LappeMarco FrankeKarl Hribernik

subject

Service (systems architecture)SIMPLE (military communications protocol)Human–computer interactionSoftware deploymentMechanism (biology)Computer scienceFactor (programming language)Control systemMediationCyber-physical systemcomplex mixturescomputercomputer.programming_language

description

The research initiative “Industrie 4.0” (I4.0) of the high-tech strategy announced by the German government targets the deployment of a cyber-physical system (CPS) in production and logistics. Such CPS-based environments are characterized by an increasing number of heterogeneous intelligent autonomous and communicating artifacts tightly integrated with humans. Thus, the human’s role will become a composite factor (“man-in-the-mesh”) for this future CPS environment, playing more than just a simple role inside the control loop. This paper investigates the need of a robust communication between CPS and humans, which includes a clear semantic of the exchanged information. For this purpose, a mediation service and corresponding language are presented. Finally, further research activities are presented.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23512-7_35