An overview of internet-enabled cloud-based cyber manufacturing

Abstract

This paper presents an overview of the latest advancement of Internet-enabled cloud-based cyber manufacturing and new approaches for hardware-in-the-loop real-time applications, including cloud-based remote monitoring and control of industrial robots, remote assembly in a cyber-physical environment, and a cloud robotic system for energy-efficient operations. Altogether, they form an integrated cloud-based cyber manufacturing system. In terms of enabling technologies, they are the unique combination of virtual 3D models driven by real sensors, and image-to-model based representation of dynamic environment to guide cyber users. The objective of this research is to significantly reduce network traffic over the Internet for cyber manufacturing. This paper includes case studies, the results of which show that the integrated cyber-physical system consumes less than 1% of network bandwidth of traditional camera-based systems with a 30 msec latency of real-time operations. They are feasible and practical as cyber manufacturing solutions.