A method for operating an application of a robot system includes selecting a first robot system situation module from a situation module library that comprises a plurality of predefined application-independent robot system situation modules for the robot system, each of which modules maps at least one input signal onto at least one output signal; linking the first robot system situation module to at least one additional selected robot system situation module from the situation module library, and/or to at least one application-class-specific application class situation module that is predefined for a class of a plurality of applications and maps at least one input signal onto at least one output signal, and/or to at least one application-specific application situation module that maps at least one input signal onto at least one output signal, to form a first application situation module that maps the input signals of its linked situation modules onto at least one output signal; and operating the application on the basis of the first application situation module.

There is described systems and methods for programming and configuring part-processing devices and production stations. Methods of programming the control system of a part-processing device for controlling one or more tooling components, sensors and/or motion systems includes the step of loading a software backplane onto the control system, the software backplane being configured to run on an operating system of the control system and to interface with one or more configurable applications. The method also comprises the step of loading one or more configurable applications associated with the one or more tooling components onto the control system, the one or more applications being configured to interface with the software backplane. The method also comprises the step of configuring the one or more configurable applications to control the one or more tooling components, sensors and/or motion systems pf the part-processing device.

A method and apparatus for controlling a post-print processing system for producing printed products. The system comprises a plurality of replaceable individual devices which are arranged one after another in a row and/or parallel and are connected to a joint control unit for adapting the system to successively following different production orders. The method includes supplying the joint control unit with information relating to the type and position of the individual devices in the post-print processing system and activating the individual devices based on the information. The information relating to the position of the individual devices is determined in the post-print processing system based on the position of the individual devices in a first data processing network comprising a ring circuit. The individual devices send out a data telegram corresponding to the position of the respective individual devices via a second data processing network to the joint control unit.

Embodiments herein describe a reservation station (RS) in a processor that merges control data from multiple sources into a merged control data value. Before an instruction issues, the RS gathers and saves control data indicating how the instruction is to be executed. This control data may be saved in control registers. An instruction, however, can update many different types of status control bits in these registers. As such, the RS may store different types of control data for an instruction. Instead of the RS containing multiple registers and data paths for every type of control data, the embodiments herein describe merge logic in the RS that permits control data from different sources to be merged into a single control data value. Once the instruction is issued, the RS passes the merged control data value to an execution unit for processing.

A method for configuring a modular industrial plant using an engineering tool includes using a plant engineering facility of the tool to create a representation of the modular industrial plant identifying modules to be orchestrated in the modular industrial plant. The modules include at least one function module that includes control software for the modular industrial plant. The method further includes using a module engineering facility of the tool to configure the function module for use in the modular industrial plant by editing a placeholder configuration file created by the tool for defining the configuration of the function module. Editing the configuration file causes a representation of the function module in the plant engineering facility to be automatically updated to reflect adaptations made to the function module using the module engineering facility. The method includes instructing the tool to assign the function modules so configured to the modular industrial plant.

Current approaches to integrating industrial ecosystems, for instance integrating automation functions across different vendors, lack efficiencies and capabilities. For example, system integrators are often required to develop special software that functions as a proxy or adaptor between different systems. In such cases, the proxy or adaptor is often specific to a particular set of equipment or vendors, and which can limit reusability, among other technical drawbacks. Embodiments described herein overcome e one or more of the described-herein shortcomings or technical problems by providing methods, systems, and apparatuses for automatically generating interfaces, for instance glue code, that enables interoperability between different ecosystems in automated industrial systems.

An application configuration method includes: obtaining a resource recommendation prompt from a repository according to a user customized demand of an industrial Internet of Things solution, invoking a resource from a knowledge base or the repository to generate an industrial Internet of Things model, and matching an application installed at an industrial cloud and at an edge device end with a configuration needed by the application; and generating the industrial Internet of Things solution and deploying the matched application to the industrial cloud and the edge device end.

System and method for performance-based design space composition in engineering systems includes an explainable recommendation module configured to generate a list of one or more system configurations, each system configuration comprising a unique set of components that satisfy system goals and system requirements. The system configurations are based on received seed designs and specification of system design requirements. For each system configuration, system performance values are determined based on performance enabled by each system component. The system configurations are ranked according system performance values. A design dashboard presents the system configurations in rank order, and for each system configuration, the system performance value for each of the system configuration components.

A method for executing heterogeneous program units of a program, in particular for controlling an automated system, includes forming, using a central management unit, an execution unit including program sequences having a plurality of instances of the heterogeneous program units. The heterogeneous program units are chosen from a set of the heterogeneous program units which are registered on the central management unit. The method further includes executing the plurality of instances of the heterogeneous program units of the execution unit according to a configured sequence.

Embodiments herein describe a reservation station (RS) in a processor that merges control data from multiple sources into a merged control data value. Before an instruction issues, the RS gathers and saves control data indicating how the instruction is to be executed. This control data may be saved in control registers. An instruction, however, can update many different types of status control bits in these registers. As such, the RS may store different types of control data for an instruction. Instead of the RS containing multiple registers and data paths for every type of control data, the embodiments herein describe merge logic in the RS that permits control data from different sources to be merged into a single control data value. Once the instruction is issued, the RS passes the merged control data value to an execution unit for processing.