Cyber-Physical Systems

13Applications of Cyber-Physical Systems

Amandeep Kaur^1* and Jyotir Moy Chatterjee²

¹Department of Computer Engineering, Punjabi University, Patiala, India

²Department of IT, Lord Buddha Education Foundation, Kathmandu, Nepal

Abstract

Cyber-Physical System (CPS) has recently gained intense popularity in the digital world. It has defined a new generation of digital system that mainly focuses on complex interconnectedness and amalgamation of virtual and physical worlds. CPS comprises of highly integrated computation, communication, control, and physical elements. The idea of Industry 4.0 has further surged the demand of CPS as one of the important components. So, in order to understand CPS more precisely, this study presents a detailed survey of the varied CPS application areas with more focus on features/architecture and related work. There are numerous interdisciplinary areas pertaining to CPS but this article is limited to Healthcare, Education, Agriculture, Energy Management, Smart Transportation, Smart Manufacturing and Smart Buildings. The other interesting CPS application areas are Military, Robotics, Decision Making, Process Control, Diagnostics, Aeronautics, and Civil Infrastructure Monitoring.

Keywords: Cyber-physical systems, application areas of cyber-physical systems, CPS applications, Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, smart buildings, healthcare

13.1 Introduction

Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs) refer to integration of computational systems with the physical world ...