Necessity of new label
Cyber Physical System ( CPS )
A network of Mechatronics Systems
Dr Madhavan Shanmugavel Monash University Malaysia campus
Mechatroincs System ( MS ) encompasses one or more physical system with sensors and actuators with closed loop ( CL ) feedback control . By nature , a CL feedback system immune to external disturbances . Thanks to advances in Micro Electro Mechanical Systems ( MEMS ) which paved the way for miniaturization in turn lead to affordable sensors . Since the date of introduction , the major contribution of MS can be found within the realm automation and manufacturing .
Atypical manufacturing industry has several worksites such as production , assembly , development , prototype section etc . with hundreds of MS . The material flow , quality control , products , processes , and operations at one site depend on what ’ s going on other site . The Quality and Performance ( Q & P ) of final product would be the summation of Q & P of individual systems from the work sites . For example , consider two work sites : WA , and WB , each produces component CA , and CB , and their Q & P are evaluated by their corresponding MSA , and MSB . A Final Product ( FP ) is produced by assembly of these components : FP � CA� CB . The Q & P of the FP would be assessed after the assembly . The quality of the FP will be attributed from that of CA , and CB , while the performance of the FP is partially attributed from the components . The better quality can be achieved by making interaction between MSA , and MSB at the critical stages during the production of components . Also , better performance can be achieved by the user feedback , or the live field data . Until recently , no such practice is not available in a large scale . Such a Network of Mechatronic Systems ( NMS ): MSAB – MSA r
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Scigazette | 12 | February , 2017