Industry 4.0

Making the World More Sustainable with Open-Source and Standards – How Digital Twins based on the Asset Administration Shell support Sustainability Scenarios in the Industry

Frank Schnicke (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft)

In today's rapidly changing world, addressing sustainability challenges is more critical than ever. The industrial sector plays a significant role in carbon emissions, and it is essential to leverage innovative technologies to reduce environmental impact. This session aims to explore the powerful combination of open-source projects and digital twins in achieving a more transparent carbon footprint.

Experience level:

Beginner

IoT & Edge

Digital Twin Open Source Landscape – How Asset Administration Shell is enabling interoperability with Digital Twins

Thiago Weber Martins (SAP SE)

Frank Schnicke (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft)

Open-source plays an essential role to establish the necessary de-facto standards and drive the adoption of new Technologies like the Industrial Digital Twin. The Asset Administration Shell (AAS) is the model with the highest degree of maturity for mapping product and process information across the entire lifecycle of industrial goods. To ensure that, members of the Industrial Digital Twin Association (IDTA) are actively involved in open-source-implementing of the AAS.

Experience level:

Beginner

IoT & Edge

Making Industry 4.0 data integration of pre-existing and live data easy with Eclipse BaSyx

Frank Schnicke (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft)

The implementation of Industry 4.0 presents companies with major challenges.
For example, existing systems such as ERP or PLM contain valuable data assets, but are not easy to integrate with the new Industry 4.0 concepts such as the digital twin. In addition, there are many interactions between existing systems, creating a web of dependencies that is difficult to break. As a result, Industry 4.0 can only be successfully implemented with a structured migration path that minimizes risks by avoiding a big-bang migration.

Experience level:

Beginner

IoT & Edge

How to Bring Digital Twins Online (FA³ST)

Michael Jacoby (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft)

Jens Müller (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft)

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.

Experience level:

Beginner

IoT & Edge

Mission Digital Twin - Asset Administration Shell (AAS) realized by Open Source

Thiago Weber Martins (SAP SE)

Christian Mosch (Industrial Digital Twin Association)

It is no surprise that Open Source plays an essential role to establish the necessary de-facto standards and drive the adoption of new Technologies like the Industrial Digital Twin. The Asset Administration Shell (AAS) is the model with the highest degree of maturity for mapping product and process information across the entire lifecycle of industrial goods. To ensure that, members of the Industrial Digital Twin Association (IDTA) are actively involved in open-source-implementing of the AAS.

Experience level:

Beginner

IoT & Edge

How Open Source is driving the Industrial Digital Twin with de-facto standards

Thiago Weber Martins (SAP SE)

Orthodoxos Kipouridis (SAP SE)

Imagine robots communicating and acting autonomously to manufacture products individualized according to your needs? As some would call it science fiction, the initiatives around Industry 4.0 aims at bringing it into reality. For that, assets and production facilities must be interoperable and flexible. It is no surprise that Open Source plays an essential role to establish the necessary de-facto standards (Asset Administration Shell) and drive the adoption of new technologies (e.g., Digital Twin).

Experience level:

Beginner

IoT & Edge