Open AccessControlling 100 lasers automatically via the cloud
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
photonicsviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2626-1308
pISSN - 2626-1294
DOI - 10.1002/phvs.202170410
Subject(s) - laser , cloud computing , the internet , software , computer science , center of excellence , set (abstract data type) , excellence , cluster (spacecraft) , systems engineering , software engineering , operating system , engineering , database , optics , physics , law , political science , programming language
In the Cluster of Excellence “Internet of Production” (IoP), two hundred scientists at RWTH Aachen University in cooperation with Fraunhofer ILT have set up a data center for controlling and monitoring industrial processes. The concept for this is based on a project for controlling laser systems developed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT and uses the open source software Kubernetes. A corresponding system has been running successfully at the institute for two years, and with it the institute can automatically and remotely install the software for new lasers in just a few minutes.