Standard for Actuator Interface for Cyber and Physical World
Scope:
This standard defines the vocabulary, requirements, metrics, data formats and APIs for describing characteristics of, setting up parameters for, and commanding actuators enabling definition of interfaces between the cyber world and physical world. These actuators shall be defined either in cyber or physical world.
Need for the project:
Recent advances and interest in digital twin and smart cities are based on the convenience and effectiveness provided by building a cyber world to model target products or city infrastructure. Building a cyber world synchronized with the physical world depends on information coming from a large number of remotely controlled sensors and actuators. Today, there are no standards for the data format or data interface of these sensors and actuators, and manufacturers have to depend on the specifications provided by each individual service provider. By providing standard for these formats, the manufactured sensors and actuators can fit into any environment without considering specific service provider specifications, accelerating the development of the technology and related services.