Supporting hybrid manufacturing:ringing process and human/robot control to the cloud

In this paper, we outline the architecture design of the HORSE system for support of hybrid manufacturing processes. The HORSE project aims at providing integrated end-to-end manufacturing process management and advanced control of hybrid manufacturing work cells. In these hybrid cells, human and robotic actors collaborate flexibly and safely. As the HORSE system should support SME organizations, we map part of the architecture to a cloud environment to avoid costly and complex software installations for small organizations. We show how well-structured architecture design is the basis for a modular software structure of a complex cyber-physical system with partial cloud support