This trial focuses on the potential of utilising the core functionalities of 5G to achieve a major feature of the Industry 4.0 in the Factory of the Future, such as significantly lower expenses and reduced time to either commission or reconfigure of robotised manufacturing.
The goal is to demonstrate how to achieve deployment of new robots into existing plants through automatic on-boarding of industry requirements. This encompasses auto-configuration of (mobile) robots and the corresponding 5G service configuration needed for interconnection / interworking across solutions from different vendors.
Major obstacles to achieving modern automation in diverse sectors span possible vendor lock-in caused by incompatibilities, use of different standards and different use of existing standards as well as the complexity resulting in extensive commissioning time and excessive man hours needed for the integration.
Locations: Trondheim
Dates: Q3-2020 Q2-2022
Partners involved: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, TELENOR, YARA
Funding reference: H2020-ICT-2018-3; ICT-19-2019 - Advanced 5G validation trials across multiple vertical industries.
Funding cycle: June 2019-November 2022.