Industrial IoT-based Cyber Physical System for Indoor Positioning Service

Enabling Industry 4.0: development of an enterprise-level asset management solution by utilizing beacon technology

PolyU collaborates with industrial partner to develop an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)-based Cyber Physical System (CPS) for optimizing the front-line operations and productivity in smart factories. The IIoT-based CPS consists of iBeacon sensors, IIoT middleware and Indoor Positioning System (IPS) technologies which can monitor real time position information of factory assets, workers and products. This IIoT-based CPS is a crucial component to progressively conduct workflow analysis to support operation of smart factories.

Special Features and Advantages

Real-time assets tracking and controlling
Provision of accurate data for resources (machines, assets, workers and materials, etc) utilization analysis
Automatic identification and data capture without human involvement
User-friendly human computer interface
Low implementation cost

Applications

Equipment, machine tracing
Personnel positioning
Item tracking

Principal Investigator

Dr Carman K. M. LEE

Industrial and Systems Engineering

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Industrial IoT-based Cyber Physical System for Indoor Positioning Service

Enabling Industry 4.0: development of an enterprise-level asset management solution by utilizing beacon technology