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The Product Avatar Concept as a Platform for Networked Embedded Systems

The Product Avatar Concept as a Platform for Networked Embedded Systems. Presentation of a Proposed IP for IST Call 5 2.5.3 Embedded Systems Jens Schumacher University of Bremen. IP Vision.

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The Product Avatar Concept as a Platform for Networked Embedded Systems

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  1. The Product Avatar Concept as a Platform for Networked Embedded Systems Presentation of a Proposed IP for IST Call 52.5.3 Embedded Systems Jens SchumacherUniversity of Bremen

  2. IP Vision • To realise secure, swarming and fault-tolerant Networked Embedded Systems by applying the Product Avatar concept: • Autonomous, intelligent entities self-organising in an ambient environment • Implementation and evaluation of applied Product Avatar concept in select, concrete industrial cases to realise the Intelligent Product paradigm • Industrial take-up of concept on the basis of Open Source Product Avatar models and architecture

  3. Smart Tags etc. for Perception & Control Mobile Access Can-BUS access Temperature Automatic System Diagnostics Air pressure Positioning Humidity # of revolutions Proximity detection Simple diagnostics Safety sensors Etc. Sensor aggregation Sensor history Event-triggered transmission Seamless roaming Smart Dust + simple Sensors: Smart Tags + Sensors Etc. Smart Dust + simple Sensors: Temperature, Humidity, Air pressure, Etc.

  4. Auto-ID • EPC • PML • OMS • Savants • Product Model • STEP • IFC • … Agent Technology Knowledge-based Systems • Enterprise Systems • ERP • CRM • SRM • PPC Product Avatar / Virtual Reality Material Product / Real World Embedded Systems RFID Smart Tags W-LAN, 3GB, ad hoc networks Positioning & Navigation Intelligent Production Environment Context Sensitivity Location Based Services Ambient Intelligence Hybrid World AttributesVirtualPersistentUbiquitous FlexibleLow costIntelligentInteractive Hybrid World AttributesMaterial TransientHardly mobileInflexible High cost

  5. Task Management Context Information Master Information Reasoning Composition of the Product Avatar • Description of tasks to be performed by the product such as • Maintenance schedule • component acquisition • etc. • Information about the • Product structure (BOM) • Configuration • Status • etc. AVATAR Transvision Vamp Information about the relations and constrains of master and context information • Description of the current situation such as • Location • Current task • Driver • Load • …

  6. PDM ERP CRM … System Architecture Ontologies Reasoning/ Agents TaskMgmt Customers,Consumers Resource or Product Avatar Resource or Product Avatar ResourcePublishing, Searching ElectronicMarketplace Negotiation,Interaction Interaction Mobile Networks, Internet Mobile Networks, Internet Mobile Networks, Internet RFID, AmI, Mobile Networks RFID, AmI, Mobile Networks PhysicalResource orProduct PhysicalResource orProduct RFID Sensors

  7. Dynamic Resource Discovery & Management Resource Avatar Product Avatar • Resource publication & discovery analogous to Web Services • Resource Avatars publish Descriptions as XML Resource Description on Registry Servers in the Electronic Marketplace (analogous to publishing WSDL on UDDI servers) • Product Avatars search for suitable Resources in the Marketplace • Registry Servers forward searches for Resource Descriptions across the Marketplace similar to P2P applicationsand return results • Product Avatar begins negotiations with Resources selected by own reasoning 4. Autonomous negotiation 2. Search for Resources 1. Publish XML Resource Description 3. Results:ResourceDescriptions P2P Network of Registry Servers Ecosystems / Electronic Marketplace

  8. Relevance to the Strategic Objective • The IP will apply the Product Avatar concept to provide a middleware and platform for secure, swarming and fault-tolerant Networked Embedded Systems • Each physical entity is represented in the virtual world by a Product Avatar which allow heterogeneous physical objects to cooperate with each other autonomously and intelligently by means of agent and reasoning technology • The IP is driven by ambitious future applications from a number of perspectives: • Intelligent & Extended Products (Added value through additional services, enabling smart homes etc.) • Flexible, reconfigurable, autonomous production and manufacturing • … • Scalability & self-organisation through Product Avatar & P2P platform architecture • Ad-hoc networkingenabling for arbitrary objects in the hybrid world • Open interfaces to 3rd parties guaranteed by Open Source platform & exploitation approach

  9. Benefits & Impact on the European Level • Greatly increase production efficiency through a vastly more efficient allocation of production resources • Complete transparency across the life-cycle • Greatly enhanced product quality • New after sales services • Improved customer product acceptance and generation of new products and services • Potential for new high value added services embedded in the Intelligent Product • Powerful tools to move towards Knowledge Society • Supports transition to customer-driven market • Evolution of employees towards new roles and competencies

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