IoT platforms and technologies

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) networks sensors, machines and IT systems via the internet. It combines the two worlds

• Cyber-physical systems in production and logistics, e.g. sensors, embedded systems in machines and their components, which receive data for operation or supply data from operation via industrial communication channels, e.g. field buses, mobile radio or OPC UA,
• IT systems and platforms, e.g. for managing connections or for collecting and evaluating data from the above-mentioned devices, with the aim of resource planning and short-term decision support. Forwarding aggregated data to the cloud, etc.

IoT with additional requirements

Compared to the Internet of Things from the world of consumer goods, manufacturing, assembly and material flow have more extensive requirements for IIoT systems, such as high bandwidth, low latency, use of open standards, IT security and high availability of services.

The IIoT also uses other data sources, e.g. sensors that record environmental parameters, provide weather data or process traffic information. This makes it possible to derive further information about the context of devices, machines and production processes that traditional production-related IT systems do not provide.

Fraunhofer IOSB supports customers from the manufacturing industry, the energy sector and mechanical engineering in designing and building tailor-made and future-proof IT architectures that are prepared and designed for the IIoT.