Abstract
At present, computer networks are no longer used to connect just personal computers. Smaller devices can connect to them even at the level of individual sensors and actuators. This trend is due to the development of modern microcontrollers and singleboard computers which can be easily connected to the global Internet. The result is a new paradigm—the Internet of Things (IoT) as an integral part of the Industry 4.0; without it, the vision of the fourth industrial revolution would not be possible. In the field of digital factories it is a natural successor of the machine-to-machine (M2M) communication. Presently, mechatronic systems in IoT networks are controlled and monitored via industrial HMI (human-machine interface) panels, console, web or mobile applications. Using these conventional control and monitoring methods of mechatronic systems within IoT networks, this method may be fully satisfactory for smaller rooms. Since the list of devices fits on one screen, we can monitor the status and control these devices almost immediately. However, in the case of several rooms or buildings, which is the case of digital factories, ordinary ways of interacting with mechatronic systems become cumbersome. In such case, there is the possibility to apply advanced digital technologies such as extended (computer-generated) reality. Using these technologies, digital (computer-generated) objects can be inserted into the real world. The aim of this article is to describe design and implementation of a new method for control and monitoring of mechatronic systems connected to the IoT network using a selected segment of extended reality to create an innovative form of HMI.
Highlights
Extended reality, as a modern technology, is used in Industry 4.0 to virtualize the efficient design of optimal production structures and work operations with their effective ergonomic evaluation and design [1,2]
The the whole system will be described using the description of its individual parts: server, augmented reality mobile device (Apple iPad), laboratory mechatronic device and cloud Microsoft Azure
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Summary
As a modern technology, is used in Industry 4.0 to virtualize the efficient design of optimal production structures and work operations with their effective ergonomic evaluation and design [1,2]. New forms of process monitoring, control, diagnostics and visualization are currently being sought in digital factories [3]. It is the extended reality that brings such forms [4]. Under extended reality we understand virtual, augmented and mixed reality [5]. There is no general consensus on the distinction between augmented and mixed reality.
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