Overview

This unit aims to introduce students to the enabling technologies of Industry 4.0, particularly those associated with manufacturing and production. The unit introduces technologies used in cyber-physical systems, digital twinning, digitisation and sensing.

Requisites

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
04-August-2025
02-November-2025
Last self-enrolment date
17-August-2025
Census date
31-August-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
19-September-2025
Results released date
09-December-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Explain the operation of common IT communication protocols (K3)
  • Demonstrate the concept of a cyber-physical system and the concept of a digital twin (K3)
  • Create digital twins by incorporating modern sensing capability in cyber-physical systems (S1, S2, S3)
  • Create the architecture of flexible design systems that can incorporate future system designs (A3, S3)

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Live Online
Lecture		1.00 12 weeks 12
On-campus
Class		2.00 12 weeks 24
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning		9.50 12 weeks 114
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Time Assignment Submission Individual/Group 35 - 45%  1,4
Applied Project Individual/Group  35 - 45%  3,4
Online Quizzes Individual 15 - 25%  1,2

Content

 

  • Introduction to cyber-physical systems
  • Machine to machine communication and protocols (OPC/UA)
  • Production Automation OT and IT architecture (ISA-95, RAMI4.0 and OSI models)
  • Cloud based IIoT operating system ( Mindsphere)
  • Industrial networking and Data Communications
  • virtual commissioning and optimisation using digital twin
  • Sensor principles, architectures, and integration with cyber-physical systems
  • Service oriented architecture for future system design
  • Design smart, adaptive and flexible manufacturing system

 

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.