Intelligent Systems has published a collection of open standard integration interfaces and a reference architecture for smart production designed to accelerate the adoption of robotics in smart factories and smart warehouses. These include a reference architecture, a domain model, and open integration interfaces for robotics cells and mobile robot fleets – provide an unprecedented framework for interoperable, high-performance industrial robotic systems.
The reference architecture and open standard interfaces address critical industry challenges such as vendor lock-in, complex deployments, and low interoperability, offering a foundation for scalable automation. From cloud-edge orchestration to standardized interfaces for AMRs (autonomous mobile robots), equipment, and logistics, all documents are now openly available for download.
Key Publications
Reference Architecture for Smart Production: A blueprint for integrating autonomous robots, cloud-edge infrastructure, digital twins, and business systems, tailored for real-world smart production environments.
Domain Model: Establishes a shared vocabulary and conceptual structure across all interface standards, serving as the semantic backbone for system-wide interoperability.
Open Standard Integration Interfaces: A modular, vendor-independent, and compatible with a wide set of communication protocols and technologies including MQTT, REST and Socket Messaging. Features a set of interfaces enabling seamless communication and integration of robotic cells, AMRs, palletizing stations, automated storage systems, fleet managers, and high-level control and IT-systems. Following interfaces are available:
- Standard Automated Storage Interface
- Standard Equipment Interface
- Standard Interface
- Standard Interfleet to Fleet Interface
- Standard Palletizing Interface
- Standard Production Cell Interface
- Standard Top Module Interface
- Standard Transport Interface
- High-level Control to Business System Communication
These open standards are set to support production facilities, manufacturers, warehouse and distribution centers, integrators, and system architects and enable them to implement next-generation automation with ease and flexibility.
The reference architecture, designs and the included open standard integration interfaces are open and free to use under Apache License 2.0.
Explore the entire collection and unlock the future of smart production here.