Wireless is identified as a major enabler of the Industry 4.0 vision. Factories of the future are indeed expected to replace the bulky wired control infrastructure with industrial wireless networks, aiming at supporting agile reconfiguration of production resources, non-linear production via usage of robot swarms, lean changeover; ultimately translating to major efficiency benefits and product customization. This course addresses how new wireless technologies can revolutionize the production paradigms in current factories and how to overcome the challenges that wireless communication encounters for achieving often demanding industrial requirements in terms of latency, reliability and throughput.
The main contents of the course are the following:
- Introduction of relevant industrial production use cases and associated communication requirements (considering the
multiple levels of the automation pyramid, from MES connectivity to fast closed loop control at sensor/actuator level) also
including new use cases that can only be enabled via wireless communication (e.g.,
robots fleets or swarms).
- Description of main candidate wireless technologies for Industry 4.0, with a critical analysis on their suitability in addressing
the communication requirements at different layers of the automation pyramid. In particular, 802.11 n/ac, 5G New Radio
(NR), 5G-Advanced for IIoT will be introduced.
- Introduction of open research challenges in a 6G perspective, including a vision for a new wireless system aiming at coping
with the more stringent Industry 4.0 use cases (e.g., support of closed loop control with below 0.1 ms cycles).
- From theory to practice: experimental verification of wireless technologies potential in a real industrial setup including
FESTO production lines and robot fleets, located in the 5G Smart Production Lab.
The course consists of frontal lectures, and laboratory sessions. Laboratory sessions will be structured as hands-on activities where PhD students have the opportunity of setting up their own wireless solutions for a real Industry 4.0 use case, verify their effects on the production, and identify the new open challenges.
The evaluation will be based on mini-projects to be carried out in groups. Such mini-projects may involve the usage of laboratory facilities.Organizer: Gilberto Berardinelli
Lecturers: Associate Professor Gilberto Berardinelli, Professor Ole Madsen, Postdoc Melisa Maria Lopez Lechuga
ECTS: 2
Time: 9 - 10 October 2023
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Number of seats: 30
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Important information concerning PhD courses:
We have over some time experienced problems with no-show for both project and general courses. It has now reached a point where we are forced to take action. Therefore, the Doctoral School has decided to introduce a no-show fee of DKK 3.000 for each course where the student does not show up. Cancellations are accepted no later than 2 weeks before start of the course. Registered illness is of course an acceptable reason for not showing up on those days. Furthermore, all courses open for registration approximately four months before start. This can hopefully also provide new students a chance to register for courses during the year. We look forward to your registrations.
- Teacher: Gilberto Berardinelli
- Teacher: Melisa Maria Lopez Lechuga
- Teacher: Ole Madsen