Smart Architectures (SmArt)

Introduction

The Smart Architectures team focuses on new methods and approaches to lay the foundations for flexible, efficient and reliable cyber-physical production systems of the future through architectural concepts. In particular, the increasing requirements regarding time-to-market, quality, flexibility, reliability and complexity handling are incorporated into the research.

Smart Architectures Pyramid — Overview "Smart Architectures" Group

Research Focus

How can automation architectures be future-proofed for Industry 4.0 and beyond in the process, manufacturing and pharmaceutical industries?
How can the use of advanced automation methods such as artificial intelligence, machine learning or model predictive control be enabled or facilitated in industry through suitable system architectures?
How can novel measures and applications be designed to ensure the quality, stability and integrity of the data generated in Industry 4.0?
How can new methods and approaches be implemented to enable more efficient data acquisition, storage and processing in an industrial context?

Innovative Methods and Tools

Scenario techniques for requirements elicitation doi.org/10.51202/9783181024195
Smart automation architectures doi.org/10.1109/ETFA.2019.8869439
Technologieanalysen doi.org/10.1109/ITNAC55475.2022.9998327
Testing theorethical approaches in the Process-to-Order Lab doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4456423

Teaching

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The Team

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Mr Dipl.-Ing. Lucas Vogt

Team Lead - Smart Architectures Group

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Merkelbau, MER/12A Helmholtzstraße 14

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Further Information

Group lead:

Dipl.-Ing. Lucas Vogt

Group members:

Dipl.-Inf. Nico Braunisch

Dipl.-Inf. Norman Trapp

Dipl.-Ing. Xinyu Wang

Former group members:

Zohra Charania M.Sc.

Dr. Ilhan Mutlu

Fatima Rani M.Sc.

Publications

72 Entries

2026

Generation of PLC Code using Large Language Models: A Comparative StudyFröming, D., Vogt, L. & Urbas, L., 18 Jun 2026, AUTOMATION 2026 Kongress: Innovation trifft Anwendung. VDI Wissensforum, p. 117-126, 10 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
Agentic AI Architecture Concepts for the Engineering of Automation SystemsMadsen, M., Späth, C., Bühlmann, I., Pfetzinger, F., Maurer, F., Doppmeier, J., Beckhoff, L. & 6 others, 17 Jun 2026, AUTOMATION 2026 Kongress: Innovation trifft Anwendung. VDI Wissensforum, p. 9-18, 10 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
Software-Defined Automation for Traditional Core Process Control - General Approach and ChallengesDiedrich, C., Madsen, M., Islam, R., Vogt, L., Maurer, F. & Himmelsbach, T., 17 Jun 2026, AUTOMATION 2026 Kongress: Innovation trifft Anwendung. VDI Wissensforum, p. 1-8, 8 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
Foundation-Model-Based Agents in Industrial Automation: Purposes, Capabilities, and Open ChallengesHenkel, V., Gehlhoff, F., Kube, D., Alnutareb, A., Cruz, L., Hellingrath, B., Koch, P. & 9 others, 4 May 2026, arXiv, 35 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Preprint/documentation/report > Preprint
Software Development of I4.0 Digital Twins for Programmable Logic ControllersBraunisch, N., Olaya, S. S. P., Schmidt, U. & Wollschlaeger, M., 24 Apr 2026, 2026 IEEE 22nd International Conference on Factory Communication Systems, WFCS 2026 - Proceedings. Sikora, A., Scanzio, S., Facchinetti, T., Trsek, H., Ashjaei, M. & Leonardi, L. (eds.). IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, p. 1-6, 6 p., 11511521Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution

2025

Recognizing and Integrating Legacy Assembly Diagrams into Industry 4.0Braunisch, N., Serikov, D., Ristin, M., Otto, B., Sadurski, M., Venn, H. W. V. D. & Wollschlaeger, M., 17 Oct 2025, IECON 2025 – 51st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, p. 1-6, 6 p., 11221583Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
Automation in Biopharma: The Impact of Industrial Control as a ServiceVogt, L. & Urbas, L., 18 Sep 2025, 1st IFAC Workshop on Engineering and Architectures of Automation Systems EAAS 2025. p. 43-48, 6 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
Combining Publicly Available SDKs and Code Generation Tools to Streamline the Implementation of AAS ApplicationsGneuß, T., Ristin, M., Braunisch, N., Venn, H. W. V. D. & Wollschlaeger, M., 12 Sep 2025, 2025 IEEE 30th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2025 - Proceedings. Almeida, L., Indria, M., de Sousa, M., Visioli, A., Ashjaei, M. & Santos, P. (eds.). IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, p. 1-8, 8 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
Semantic Comparison of Asset Administration ShellsMiny, T., Heppner, S., Garmaev, I., Ristin, M., Otto, B., Braunisch, N., Kleinert, T. & 2 others, 12 Sep 2025, 2025 IEEE 30th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2025 - Proceedings. Almeida, L., Indria, M., de Sousa, M., Visioli, A., Ashjaei, M. & Santos, P. (eds.). IEEE Canada, p. 1-8, 8 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
Automation of Automation: Mapping LLM Capabilities to the Modular Plant Engineering WorkflowVogt, L. & Urbas, L., 9 Sep 2025, p. 1-8, 8 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to conferences > Paper