Digital Twins, one of the cornerstone technologies of Industry 4.0, are on the rise and will soon become an essential part of industrial production. As interoperability is a crucial aspect of Industry 4.0, Digital Twins should be based on open standards and specifications. The Asset Administration Shell (AAS) is the most well-known specification for Digital Twins.
FA³ST (Fraunhofer Advanced Asset Administration Shell Tools) is an open source implementation of the AAS specification enabling users to develop and run Digital Twins.
Some of the key features of FA³ST are:
- native Java implementation
- open architecture, which allows for easy extension/customization
- connecting to assets using arbitrary communication protocols, e.g. OPC UA, MQTT
- usage via CLI, docker, or code
Objective of the presentation:
In this talk we present FA³ST, an open source software for Digital Twins implementing the Asset Administration Shell (AAS) specification. Starting with a brief introduction to Digital Twins and the AAS specification, we will present the architecture, features, capabilities and limitations of FA³ST followed by a live demonstration.
After the talk you will have a basic understanding about AAS-compliant Digital Twins and how to realize them using FA³ST.
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