A method of fabrication for a component to be installed in a facility, the facility being represented by an electronic design model, the method including extracting, at a computing device and from the model, details of the component and controlling a plurality of stations with the computing device to fabricate and track the component.

An irrigation modeling framework in precision agriculture utilizes a combination of weather data, crop data, and other agricultural inputs to create customized agronomic models for diagnosing and predicting a moisture state in a field, and a corresponding need for, and timing of, irrigation activities. Specific combinations of various agricultural inputs can be applied, together with weather information to identify or adjust water-related characteristics of crops and soils, to model optimal irrigation activities and provide advisories, recommendations, and scheduling guidance for targeted application of artificial precipitation to address specific moisture conditions in a soil system of a field.

This invention generally relates to a process, system and computer code for enabling users to create adapters that enable application automation by collecting automation information for purposes of data profiling each source data schema presented for analysis to determine the data types and classify them accordingly (string, number, date); ranking and classifying the data elements by their importance using the data profiling information generated; building individual widgets needed to construct the data dashboard based on the top ranked data elements; auto-generation of visualization dashboards that combine the individual widgets identified; associate the most relevant date filter to perform time-series analysis on the generated dashboard; customization and personalization from the starter dashboard.

A method for engineering an automation system that is usually tested before being put into operation, wherein a twin or a virtual component is generated and loaded onto a server for each real component to perform the function of the real components in a simulated manner in place of said real components, such that it is thus possible for a user to replace various real components with virtual components during the engineering process and to check or simulate the function of the automation system, where it becomes possible to perform a synchronous optimization of automation systems or to put automation programs and system displays into operation in a coexistent, safe, flexible, and incremental manner.

Systems and methods described herein are configured for managing industrial assets. In an example embodiment, information about industrial assets or their use conditions, such as gathered from sensors embedded at or near industrial machines or assets themselves, can be aggregated, analyzed, and processed in software residing locally or remotely from the assets. In an example embodiment, applications can be provided to optimize an industrial asset for operation in a business context. In an example embodiment, a cloud-based asset management platform can include development tools to facilitate development, by end-users, of applications for interfacing with and optimizing industrial assets, and for managing relationships between various industrial assets.

This disclosure provides for a system and method for managing network-connected industrial assets. A user may request monitored data for one or more of the network-connected industrial assets using a client device that is communicatively coupled to an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) machine. The IIoT machine monitors and records data for various metrics for one or more industrial assets communicatively coupled to the IIoT machine. Using the client device, the user can request the display of various views of the one or more industrial assets including a hierarchical tree structure and a topology view. Furthermore, the hierarchical tree structure and topology view are designed to be simultaneously displayed by the client device so that the user can view information about a selected industrial asset from either the hierarchical tree structure, the topology view, or both.

In various example embodiments, systems and methods for administering machine access to a cloud service are presented. A first device or machine can access an enrollment service in a cloud environment using user-based credential data. The enrollment service can request registration of the first device with an authorization service. If the authorization service accepts the request, then the authorization service can provide credential data for the first device to use to access one or more cloud-based services. In an example embodiment, a third party application provides devices and an enrollment service with credential data that can be used to facilitate device enrollment with cloud services.

In various example embodiments, systems and methods for administering machine access to a cloud service are presented. An edge manager device in a cloud computing environment can establish a first client for a first application that is executed externally to the cloud computing environment. The edge manager device can provide a first request via a first network to an authorization service application to obtain client identification and client secret information for use by the first client. The edge manager device can receive the client identification and client secret information from the authorization service application via the first network. The client identification and client secret information can be selected by the authorization service application to permit later data access to the edge manager device by the first client. The edge manager device can provide the client identification and client secret information to the first client via a second network.

To keep plant performance constant in a control apparatus for controlling a plant including a plurality of units. The control apparatus (a PCM) controls an automobile including a plurality of units. The control apparatus includes a model controller that generates a target value of a characteristic to be achieved by each unit based on a model set for each unit, a unit specifier (a performance change determinator) that specifies a unit in which performance unique to the unit has changed among the units, and a target value corrector (an FF updater) that corrects the target value for the unit that has been specified by the unit specifier.

A control system for a machine may include an electronic controller configured to receive a sensor signal indicative of an operational parameter of the machine, and to output a control signal to an actuator to control an operational characteristic of the machine. The electronic controller may include a poles-zeros identification module, an onboard system identification module configured for online, real-time identification of one or more transfer functions that govern a dynamic relationship between one or more inputs and one or more outputs of at least one plant model, wherein the at least one plant model is representative of behaviors of the machine and simulates a dynamic influence of the operational parameter, and a comparator that determines the accuracy of a plant model.