Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Towards Benchmarking Cyber-Physical Systems in Factory Automation Scenarios

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Automation, Communication and Cybernetics in Science and Engineering 2013/2014

Abstract

A new trend in automation is to deploy so-called cyber-physical systems (CPS) which combine computation with physical processes. In future factory automation scenarios, mobile robots will play an important role to help customizing the production process, for instance, by transporting semi-products and raw materials to the machines. Therefore it will be important to compare the performance of mobile robots in such future logistics tasks. In this paper we sketch how the novel RoboCup Logistics League with its automated referee and overhead tracking system can be developed into a standard benchmark for logistics application in factory automation scenarios.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
eBook
USD 16.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Lee, E. A. 2008. Cyber Physical Systems: Design Challenges. In 11th IEEE International Symposium on Object Oriented Real-Time Distributed Computing (ISORC-08), 363–369.

    Google Scholar 

  2. Dillmann, R. 2004. Benchmarks for robotics research. Technical report, EURON. http://www.cas.kth.se/euron/euron-deliverables/ka1-10-benchmarking.pdf.

  3. Niemüller, Tim, Daniel Ewert, Sebastian Reuter, Alexander Ferrein, Sabina Jeschke, and Gerhard Lakemeyer. 2013. RoboCup Logistics League Sponsored by Festo: A Competitive Factory Automation Testbed. In RoboCup Symposium 2013 (in press).

    Google Scholar 

  4. Zickler, S., T. Laue, O. Birbach, M. Wongphati, and M. Veloso. 2010. SSL-Vision: The Shared Vision System for the RoboCup Small Size League. In RoboCup 2009: Robot Soccer World Cup XIII, 425–436. Springer.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Knowledge-based Systems Group, RWTH Aachen University, Ahornstr. 55, 52074, Aachen, Germany

    Tim Niemüller & Gerhard Lakemeyer

  2. IMA/ZLW & IfU, RWTH Aachen University, Dennewartstr. 27, 52068, Aachen, Germany

    Daniel Ewert, Sebastian Reuter & Sabina Jeschke

  3. Festo Didactic GmbH & Co. KG, Rechbergstr. 3, 73770, Denkendorf, Germany

    Ulrich Karras

  4. Electrical Engineering Department, Aachen University of Applied Sciences, Aachen, Germany

    Alexander Ferrein

Authors
  1. Tim Niemüller
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Daniel Ewert
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Sebastian Reuter
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Ulrich Karras
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Alexander Ferrein
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Sabina Jeschke
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. Gerhard Lakemeyer
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Tim Niemüller .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. IMA/ZLW & IfU, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

    Sabina Jeschke

  2. IMA/ZLW & IfU, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

    Ingrid Isenhardt

  3. IMA/ZLW & IfU, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

    Frank Hees

  4. IMA/ZLW & IfU, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

    Klaus Henning

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2014 Springer International Publishing Switzerland

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Niemüller, T. et al. (2014). Towards Benchmarking Cyber-Physical Systems in Factory Automation Scenarios. In: Jeschke, S., Isenhardt, I., Hees, F., Henning, K. (eds) Automation, Communication and Cybernetics in Science and Engineering 2013/2014. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08816-7_51

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation