Abstract: A method for providing an enhanced human-machine interface to control a robot, and a device supporting the method is provided. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method includes: monitoring a manipulation input by a user for an operation of the robot on the enhanced HMI, which is enhanced from a proprietary HMI proprietary to the robot; generating a first program in a first program environment for the enhanced HMI in response to the monitored manipulation; retrieving action information relating to actions to be performed as part of the operation of the robot, wherein the actions are defined in a second program environment for the proprietary HMI; generating a second program in the second program environment corresponding to the first program by using the retrieved action information; and controlling the robot to perform the operation using the second program.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing at least one service in a node or process of a cyber-physical system has at least two application modules, wherein a communication between the at least two application modules occurs via respective application interfaces of the at least two application modules, which application interfaces are offered specifically to the particular application module, wherein a particular application interface which is offered specifically to the particular application module represents a communication access to the particular application module. According to the invention, at least the application interfaces of the at least two application modules which are offered specifically to the application module are implemented by a coupling module which establishes the communication between the at least two application modules and which provides the at least one service in an activatable manner.

Abstract: A technical injection system for injecting a retrained machine learning model is provided, including a. a first computing unit including a first storage medium, wherein the first computing unit is configured for providing the retrained machine learning model; and preprocessing the retrained machine learning model; wherein the retrained machine learning model is stored in the first storage medium; b. a second computing unit comprising a second storage medium and an injection interface, wherein the injection interface is configured for injecting at least one relevant part of the retrained machine learning model after processing from the first storage medium of the first computing unit into the second storage medium of the second computing unit by the injection interface at runtime.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for verifying the production process of field devices, including a step of accessing a service platform on which data from field devices, including identification data, the respective type of field device, configuration data, containing application-specific data, environment information of the field devices or parameter data, data relating to the production date of a respective field device and repair or troubleshooting cases of the field devices are stored. The method also includes steps of detecting anomalies by statistically evaluating the repair or troubleshooting cases stored on service platform and creating a notification in the event of a detected anomaly, supplying the data of the field devices and the notifications to a machine learning or prognosis system, and evaluating the data of the field devices and the notifications by means of the machine learning or prognosis system for forecasting series errors of the field devices.

Abstract: Provided is a method for dynamic adaption of a workflow, WF, of an automation system, AS, wherein the workflow, WF, includes automated handling functions, AHFs, implementing associated production steps of a production process controlled by a workflow processor, WP, of a machine of the automation system and at least one automated handling function, AHF, shell configured to plug a pluggable automated handling function, pAHF, into the workflow, WF, of the automation system during runtime of the automation system for adaption of the workflow, WF.

Abstract: A method and system for upgrading a service or microservice within a system where an updated version of the service is employed in the system without immediately allowing the service from assuming control of the final output of the system is provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for the application-specific setting of a field device, which is installed in a defined application in a process in automation engineering and determines or monitors at least one process variable of a medium, comprising: recording a diagnostic message which occurs or has occurred on the field device during a defined interval, analyzing which of the diagnostic messages are tolerable and/or plausible in the defined application, assigning an application-specific notice with regard to tolerability and/or plausibility to each diagnostic message that has arisen in the defined application, clearing the diagnostic message if this is classified as tolerable and/or plausible in the defined application, and using the application-specific setting of the field device, which clears the diagnostic message classified as tolerable and/or plausible.

Abstract: A method for memory modification resulting in a test probe for examining a program under test substantially during run-time is provided. The ability to inject faults or errors in order to test a reaction of the program to a fault in a particular state and to individually replace access to a regular operand by accessing a shadow operand allow for non-intrusive tests while the program is substantially executed in real-time. The program itself is not substantially altered for testing purposes.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for the application-specific setting of a field device, which is installed in a defined application in a process in automation engineering and determines or monitors at least one process variable of a medium, comprising: recording a diagnostic message which occurs or has occurred on the field device during a defined interval, analyzing which of the diagnostic messages are tolerable and/or plausible in the defined application, assigning an application-specific notice with regard to tolerability and/or plausibility to each diagnostic message that has arisen in the defined application, clearing the diagnostic message if this is classified as tolerable and/or plausible in the defined application, and using the application-specific setting of the field device, which clears the diagnostic message classified as tolerable and/or plausible.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for verifying the production process of field devices, including a step of accessing a service platform on which data from field devices, including identification data, the respective type of field device, configuration data, containing application-specific data, environment information of the field devices or parameter data, data relating to the production date of a respective field device and repair or troubleshooting cases of the field devices are stored. The method also includes steps of detecting anomalies by statistically evaluating the repair or troubleshooting cases stored on service platform and creating a notification in the event of a detected anomaly, supplying the data of the field devices and the notifications to a machine learning or prognosis system, and evaluating the data of the field devices and the notifications by means of the machine learning or prognosis system for forecasting series errors of the field devices.

Abstract: Provided is a method for dynamic adaption of a workflow, WF, of an automation system, AS, wherein the workflow, WF, includes automated handling functions, AHFs, implementing associated production steps of a production process controlled by a workflow processor, WP, of a machine of the automation system and at least one automated handling function, AHF, shell configured to plug a pluggable automated handling function, pAHF, into the workflow, WF, of the automation system during runtime of the automation system for adaption of the workflow, WF.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a method for memory modification resulting in a test probe for examining a program under test substantially during run-time. The ability to inject faults or errors in order to test the program's reaction to a fault in a particular state and to individually replace access to a regular operand by accessing a shadow operand allow for non-intrusive tests while the program is substantially executed in real-time and whereby the program itself is not substantially altered for testing purposes.

Abstract: The invention relates to carbon black having a C-14 content greater than 0.05 Bq/g and a ratio ?D50/Dmode of the aggregate size distribution of less than 0.7. The carbon black is produced by thermal oxidative pyrolysis or thermal cleavage of the carbon black raw material in that the carbon black raw material contains renewable carbon black raw materials and an oxygen deficiency is present in the pyrolysis/cleavage reaction. The carbon blacks can be used in rubber and rubber mixtures, plastic, printing inks, inks, inkjet inks, toners, lacquers, paints, paper, adhesives, batteries, pastes, bitumens, concrete, and other building materials and as reducing agents in metallurgy.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for computer software testing using test suite data. A method may include defining a plurality of testing goals and a testing strategy for the code of the software application, determining objects under test within said code of a software application, designing test cases and test suites for said defined testing strategy, defining test categories for said designed test suites, defining a test execution sequence for said designed test suites and said test categories, defining whether a test execution sequence shall continue or stop after an error in a test object or a fail event in the test system, based on the results of the previous steps, parametrizing a test automation framework with the test suites, running the test automation framework on said code of a software application, and analyzing the results obtained from running the test automation framework on said code of a software application.

Abstract: The invention relates to a carbon black with a CTAB surface area of from 20 to 49 m2/g, with a COAN greater than 90 ml/(100 g), and with a sum of OAN and COAN greater than 235 ml/(100 g). The carbon black is produced in a furnace reactor, where from 20 to 55% by weight of the feedstock used for the carbon black are introduced radially through a nozzle within the first third of the reaction zone, and the remaining amount of the feedstock used for the carbon black is introduced through a nozzle upstream at least one further point into the reactor. The carbon black can be used in rubber mixtures.

Abstract: The invention relates to black having a CTAB surface area of 100 to 160 m?/g, a quartile ratio of more than 1.60, and an FP index of >0. Said black is produced in a furnace reactor. Sixty to 90 percent by weight of the raw black material are injected into the reactor in the first third of the reaction zone, while the remaining amount of the raw black material is injected into the reactor upstream at least in one other point. In addition, the combustible is conducted such that 90 to 100 percent by weight of the combustible are evaporated when first hitting the raw black material and 80 to 99 percent by weight of the combustible are evaporated 5 ms before hitting the raw black material. Said blacks can be used in rubber mixtures.

Abstract: Rubber mixtures are prepared by using, alongside the other constituents, pyrogenically prepared silicon dioxide in the form of crusts whose tamped bulk density (to DIN EN ISO 787-11) is from 185 to 700 g/l.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rubber mixture comprising at least one rubber and at least one low-PAH-content carbon black, where the low-PAH-content carbon black has (A) an iodine number of from 17 to 75 mg/g, (B) an STSA surface area of from 17 to 64 m2/g, (C) an iodine number:STSA surface area ratio >1.06 mg/m2, (D) an OAN number of from 60 to 160 ml/100 g, (E) a COAN number of from 40 to 110 ml/100 g, (F) a mode greater than 100 nm and (G) benzo(a)pyrene content <2 ppm. The rubber mixture can be used to produce technical rubber items and tyres.

Abstract: The invention relates to carbon black having a C-14 content greater than 0.05 Bq/g and a ratio ?D50/Dmode of the aggregate size distribution of less than 0.7. The carbon black is produced by thermal oxidative pyrolysis or thermal cleavage of the carbon black raw material in that the carbon black raw material contains renewable carbon black raw materials and an oxygen deficiency is present in the pyrolysis/cleavage reaction. The carbon blacks can be used in rubber and rubber mixtures, plastic, printing inks, inks, inkjet inks, toners, lacquers, paints, paper, adhesives, batteries, pastes, bitumens, concrete, and other building materials and as reducing agents in metallurgy.

Abstract: The invention relates to a carbon black with a CTAB surface area of from 20 to 49 m2/g, with a COAN greater than 90 ml/(100 g), and with a sum of OAN and COAN greater than 235 ml/(100 g). The carbon black is produced in a furnace reactor, where from 20 to 55% by weight of the feedstock used for the carbon black are introduced radially through a nozzle within the first third of the reaction zone, and the remaining amount of the feedstock used for the carbon black is introduced through a nozzle upstream at least one further point into the reactor. The carbon black can be used in rubber mixtures.