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Industrial robots are the central components of digital and networked production as used in industry 4.0.This makes it all the more important for them to be able to communicate with each other-regardless of the manufacturer.The so called“OPC Robotics Companion Specification”,which has been developed by a joint working group of the VDMA and the Open Platform Communications Foundation(OPC),defines a standardized generic interface for industrial robots and enables industrial robots to connect into the Industrial Internet of Things(IIoT).The digital connectivity of robots with e.g.cloud technology is also an enabler for new business models:Robot leasing for example-called Robots-as-a-Service-has advantages that might be especially attractive for small and medium-sized enterprises(SMEs):no committed capital,fixed costs,automatic upgrades and no need for high-qualified robot operators.

工业机器人是工业4.0浪潮中使用的数字化和网络化生产的核心组件。对于他们而言，无论制造商是谁，能够彼此通信就显得尤为重要。由VDMA和开放平台通信基金会（OPC）联合工作组开发的所谓的“OPC机器人技术规范”定义了工业机器人的标准化通用接口，并使工业机器人能够连接到工业物联网(IIoT)。机器人与云技术的数字连接也是新商业模式的推动因素，例如，机器人租赁（所谓的“机器人即服务”）具有对中小型企业特别有吸引力的优势：不需要投入资本、固定成本、自动升级，也不需要高素质的机器人操作员。