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Sep 2026
A Kafka-Centric Communication Fabric for Near-Real-Time, Cloud-Replicated Closed-Loop Manufacturing Process Control
Smart manufacturing needs to move sensor data off the plant floor, react to it, and feed decisions back to actuators within bounded time. Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) handle fast, deterministic, safety-critical actuation, but they are not designed for the higher-level functions required by Industry 4.0, such a...
Z. Gu, John Burtenshaw, Joseph E. Hernandez et al.
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