(Industry 4.0/IIoT) MA05 Industry 4.0/IIoT and the Digital Factory

Welcome to the course "Information Technology in Industrial Automation"

Participants of this course will learn about modern Information Technologies used in Industrial Automaton.

The course will cover topics such as:

- Goals and Key technologies for modern production
- Basics of Industrie 4.0, IoT and Digital transformation
- Product identification systems
- Data acquisition and exchange, e.g. OPC UA
- Engineering using digital twins
- Product lifecycle management and product data management (PLM / PDM)
- Remote control
- Security and safety in industrial automation
- Manufacturing execution systems (MES)
- Enterprise resource planning systems (ERP)
- Assistance systems, e.g. using mixed reality
- Cloud computing including e.g. IoT hubs, cloud services