Reliable software-based control as enabler for flexible production systems

The current evolution of the industrial production systems to cyber physical production systems requires an increased flexibility of the system structure that is nowadays still difficult to find in the industrial systems. The control applications are extremely strict by requiting jitter-free communication of sensor and control values in networked control systems. The software-based control approach presented here enhances the reliability of the control system using a control value matrix as information source. This approach benefits of predictive control algorithms that rely on model-based strategies.