Closed-Loop Control. : A Recipe for Factory of the Future

Closed-Loop Control: A Recipe for Factory of the Future explores how modern manufacturing is transforming from automated systems to intelligent, autonomous factories.This book presents a practical and structured view of closed-loop control, enhanced by AI and digital twins, showing how factories can continuously sense, decide, act, and learn. Instead of isolated automation, it introduces a unified framework where machines, production systems, and decision intelligence work together in real time.At the core of the book is a three–digital twin architecture:Asset & Process Twin for machine-level control and stabilityOperational & System Twin for line and factory-wide coordinationIntelligence & Decision Twin for AI-driven optimization and learningThrough clear explanations, real-world manufacturing logic, and system-level thinking, the book explains how closed-loop feedback connects data → decisions → actions, enabling factories to move from reactive automation to predictive, adaptive, and autonomous operations.This book is designed for:Manufacturing and automation engineersControl system and industrial AI professionalsDigital twin and Industry 4.0 practitionersEngineering leaders and technology architectsStudents and researchers exploring smart manufacturingWhat you will learn:How closed-loop control evolves into autonomous factory systemsHow AI interacts with multiple digital twins to drive decisionsHow quality, energy, maintenance, and sustainability become feedback loopsHow humans collaborate with AI in future factoriesHow to design scalable control from machine level to factory levelWritten in a clear, system-oriented style, Closed-Loop Control bridges theory and practice, offering a blueprint for building the Factory of the Future—intelligent, adaptive, and continuously improving. Read more