Abstract
With the advent of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Internet of Things (IoT) and robotic systems are closely cooperating, reshaping their relations and managing to develop new-generation devices. Such disruptive technology corresponds to the backbone of the so-called Industry 4.0. The integration of robotic agents and IoT leads to the concept of the Internet of Robotic Things, in which innovation in digital systems is drawing new possibilities in both industrial and research fields, covering several domains such as manufacturing, agriculture, health, surveillance, and education, to name but a few. In this manuscript, the state-of-the-art of IoRT applications is outlined, aiming to mark their impact on several research fields, and focusing on the main open challenges of the integration of robotic technologies into smart spaces. IoRT technologies and applications are also discussed to underline their influence in everyday life, inducing the need for more research into remote and automated applications.
Highlights
Smart services are becoming increasingly fundamental with the growth of the fourth stage of industrialization, addressed as Industry 4.0, where new disruptive technologies are changing both industrial and research fields [1]
Systems technologies; the definition of the Internet of Robotic Things concept: its architecture and main technologies; the identification of various application domains, outlining the newest state-of-the-art literature based on IoRT technologies; open issues and challenges that are worth investigating in the future, showing how IoRT systems could represent a key role in the context of the fourth industrial revolution
The presented manuscript outlined those key technologies of Industry 4.0 which led to the development of the IoRT systems
Summary
Smart services are becoming increasingly fundamental with the growth of the fourth stage of industrialization, addressed as Industry 4.0, where new disruptive technologies are changing both industrial and research fields [1]. While the IoT paradigm is not intended to analyze data and information systems, CPSs are meant to exploit IoT communication architecture to run complex analysis through a centralized analysis hub, where information can be extracted from raw data to send control commands to the physical asset Both IoT and CPS lay a strong foundation for the development of a new research area: the Internet of Robotic Things (IoRT). Systems technologies; the definition of the Internet of Robotic Things concept: its architecture and main technologies; the identification of various application domains, outlining the newest state-of-the-art literature based on IoRT technologies; open issues and challenges that are worth investigating in the future, showing how IoRT systems could represent a key role in the context of the fourth industrial revolution. Smart Manufacturing environment, where operations such as assembling, welding, spray painting, and so on are merged with IoT technologies to guarantee interaction among multiple devices and robots, assuring reliable and efficient production [18]
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