Development of measurement science in the context of the fourth industrial revolution

Abstract

The fourth industrial revolution is characterised by the wide introduction of cyber-physical systems, robotics and the Internet of Things. The efficiency of smart cities, smart manufacturing, smart transport, etc. can be provided only if the measurement information coming from sensors is trustworthy. In each facility, the number of sensors can vary from thousands to tens of thousands. The avalanche-like growth in the number of measuring instruments should be accompanied by quite frequent check of their metrological serviceability. In this case, a significant reduction in maintenance labour costs can be achieved by increasing calibration or verification intervals by many times. The development in this direction is challenging because of the growing demand for the increase in the number of complex properties that should be quantitatively estimated. The fundamentals of metrological check and features of applying object digital twins for debugging multichannel measuring systems have been given. The need for international standards in this field has been emphasised.