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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Automated Design and Integration of Asset Administration Shells in Components of Industry 4.0.

Jakub Arm, Tomas Benesl, Petr Marcon, Zdenek Bradac, Tizian Schröder, Alexander Belyaev, Thomas Werner, Vlastimil Braun, Pavel Kamensky, Frantisek Zezulka and 2 more

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
7.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Facilitating interoperability in manufacturing systems using digital twins: a multi-asset AAS system.The International journal, advanced manufacturing technology · 2026
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  5. A Primer on the Factories of the Future.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Jakub ArmFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication, Brno University of Technology, 616 00 Brno, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-8290-8255
Tomas BeneslFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication, Brno University of Technology, 616 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
Petr MarconFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication, Brno University of Technology, 616 00 Brno, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-7349-8426
Zdenek BradacFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication, Brno University of Technology, 616 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
Tizian SchröderInstitute for Automation Engineering, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.
Alexander BelyaevInstitute for Automation Engineering, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.
Thomas WernerInstitute for Automation Engineering, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.
Vlastimil BraunCompas Robotics and Compas Automation, Nadrazni 610/26, 591 01 Zdar nad Sazavou, Czech Republic.
Pavel KamenskyCompas Robotics and Compas Automation, Nadrazni 610/26, 591 01 Zdar nad Sazavou, Czech Republic.
Frantisek ZezulkaFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication, Brno University of Technology, 616 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
Christian DiedrichInstitute for Automation Engineering, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.
Premysl DohnalFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication, Brno University of Technology, 616 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
Brno University of Technology · CZOtto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg · DECompas Automatizace (Czechia) · CZCollege of Polytechnics Jihlava · CZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

One of the central concepts in the principles of Industry 4.0 relates to the methodology for designing and implementing the digital shell of the manufacturing process components. This concept, the Asset Administration Shell (AAS), embodies a systematically formed, standardized data envelope of a concrete component within Industry 4.0. The paper discusses the AAS in terms of its structure, its components, the sub-models that form a substantial part of the shell's content, and its communication protocols (Open Platform Communication-Unified Architecture (OPC UA) and MQTT) or SW interfaces enabling vertical and horizontal communication to involve other components and levels of management systems. Using a case study of a virtual assembly line that integrates AASs into the technological process, the authors present a comprehensive analysis centered on forming AASs for individual components. In the given context, the manual AAS creation mode exploiting framework-based automated generation, which forms the AAS via a configuration wizard, is assessed. Another outcome consists of the activation of a virtual assembly line connected to real AASs, a step that allows us verify the properties of the distributed manufacturing management. Moreover, a discrete event system was modeled for the case study, enabling the effective application of the Industry 4.0 solution.

Indexed as

Asset Administration Shelldigital twinindustrial Internet of ThingsIndustry 4.0Internet of ThingsManufacturing Execution SystemManufacturing Operation ManagementMQTTOpen Platform Communication—Unified Architecture (OPC-UA)

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PMID33809049
PMCPMC8000614
OpenAlexW3138291589

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