Toward Industry 4.0 Components: Insights Into and Implementation of Asset Administration Shells

Diverse customer demands are increasing the need for improved flexibility, adaptability, and transparency of production processes; traditional manufacturing systems must change. To meet these requirements, cyberphysical system (CPS) technologies are being increasingly applied in industrial manufacturing, equipping production facilities with autonomous adaptation capabilities. This is achieved by incorporating physical objects and their virtual representations and enabling bidirectional information exchange between them.