An action chart describing an operation of an automated manufacturing machine includes subperiods into which an operation period from a start to an end of the operation of the automated manufacturing machine is divided. The action chart includes element actions included in the operation of the automated manufacturing machine. The element actions on the action chart are assigned to the subperiods and each include an action identifier including qualitative information about the element action, and a numerical table or numerical parameters. The action chart is read. The action identifiers on the action chart are converted into program elements stored in a manner associated with the action identifiers. A numerical value in the numerical table or the numerical parameters is set for each program element. The program elements are combined together in an order of the subperiods on the action chart.

In an approach to AI empowered factory automation using an industrial IoT, responsive to receiving a new production task, production requirements are input into an AI engine. Equipment and software containers are selected based on the AI model. An orchestration service is created, where the orchestration service collaborates the equipment and the software containers.

A modular I/O system for an industrial automation network includes a network adapter including first and second adapter modules, wherein each adapter module is configured for connection with an industrial network. The I/O system further includes a first I/O device with first and second I/O modules each configured for operative connection to a controlled system for input/output of data with respect to the controlled system. The I/O system further includes first and second independent backplane data networks that connect each of the first and second adapter modules to each of the first and second I/O modules. The network adapter includes first and second removable backplane network switches and the first I/O device includes third and fourth removable backplane network switches that establish the backplane networks. The backplane network switches can be Ethernet gigabit switches.

Methods and systems for synchronizing controllers in an automation control system, can involve arranging redundancy elements in an automation control system comprising a group of nodes, wherein the redundancy elements can include one or more primary controllers and a group of concurrent secondary controllers, and wherein a back-up to the primary controller can exist on any node. Such methods and systems can further involve backing-up of the primary controller by the one or more secondary controllers to allow the primary controller to maintain the one or more secondary controllers as a new, alternate secondary controller for a load balancing or an equipment update.

A computer-implemented method for manufacturing or controlling a technical system includes the method steps: (a) inputting sample of parameter sets suitable for manufacturing or controlling the technical system, with a feasibility identifier assigned to each of the parameter sets, wherein the feasibility identifier marks each parameter set either as technically feasible or technically non-feasible or erroneous in terms of manufacturing or controlling the technical system, (b) generating a computerized surrogate model for the technical system based on the respective parameter sets of the sample, which are marked as technically feasible, by means of a regression method, (c) determining an optimized parameter set based on the surrogate model by means of a computerized optimization method, and (d) outputting the optimized parameter set for manufacturing or controlling the technical system.

In a method for programming a plant control system having a plurality of control units (6) connected to one another and to sensors and/or actuators, a plurality of component templates (2) of plant parts are called up from a component template memory (1), and components (4) are created from these templates and are linked to one another in a plant description (3). For each component (4) of the plant description (3), a component program code is transmitted to an allocated control unit (6). The method makes it possible to start up a plant control system easily and time-efficiently with minimal testing and maintenance effort, even in the case of complex plants.

A method for managing an automation system involving a plurality of synchronous elements, the method including: designating a master signal for controlling the plurality of synchronous elements; determining a communication protocol for communicating the master signal to the plurality of synchronous elements; determining a compensation profile for each of the plurality of synchronous elements based on the communication protocol and characteristics of each of the plurality of synchronous elements; and utilizing the compensation profile in the control of the automation system. A system for managing an automation system involving at least two synchronous elements, the system including: a first controller for controlling a first synchronous element; a second controller for controlling at least a second synchronous element; a configuration module for configuring at least the second synchronous element; a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the second controller, cause the second controller to perform the method above.

System and Method for Factory Automation and Enhancing Machine Capabilities The present invention relates to system and method for factory automation and for enhancing machine capabilities. The system is configured to extract data from machine through data capturing module, data extraction module and data conversion module and jointly analyze them with data from other equipment and sensors through data analysis engine and transmitting to factory systems in user configured protocol through protocol conversion module. It also accepts machine control commands from the factory systems and executes them through command processor and mouse & keyboard simulator modules. It involves combining GUI from multiple equipments/sensors and sending to single display device through GUI manager and video output modules and mapping required actions of mouse clicks and keyboard entries from new to old user interfaces. GUI manager module detects GUI elements from captured images and applies user configuration to automatically

An industrial data pipeline architecture described supports annotation of raw data streams into scalable and durable cloud-level storage. A dynamic data mapping process collects industrial data from data tags that have been annotated with metadata indicating that the tags are to be made available for visualization, and connects data from these tags to a data aggregator object of a node-level or edge-level visualization tool. The data aggregator object dynamically adjusts its data collection footprint to include the annotated data tags, which are dynamically associated with the physical layout of the industrial equipment in the visualization. Visualization objects for a specified plant configuration act as data context containers that can be added to a plant visualization panel, and allows the annotated tags to be selected to build visualizations of selected data items.

A device and method for automated computer controlled manufacture of assemblies composed of discrete linked product segments includes reciprocating product segment grippers having surface features engageable with the product segments, at least one robotic manipulating device whereby the product segments may be engaged by the product segment grippers.