Research report 2012 - Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, Kaiserslautern site

Integrating physical and virtual worlds: the benefits and challenges of cyber-physical systems

Authors
Majumdar, Rupak
Departments
Rigorous Software Engineering
Summary
Cyber-physical systems are computer systems that interact with the physical world. Examples of such systems are autonomous cars, robots, medical devices, etc. These systems contain embedded software and hardware components that access physical data through sensors, compute and communicate, and affect the physical system through actuators. While they can enable many beneficial applications, their design presents many challenges because of their complexity and safety requirements. We describe some major challenges in developing high-assurance cyber-physical systems in a cost-effective manner.

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