Digitising the European industry - holonic systems approach

It is a world trend that digital economy is merging with real economy. Through the use of digital technologies, investments and innovations take place in the fields of smart grids, self-driving vehicles, e-government, advanced manufacturing, etc. Our research deals with the question whether there is any general or formalised technology which could be equally used in various fields, and which could help to achieve digitalisation in everyday life, also in the industry or in manufacturing. Digital transformation is the key of competitive sustainable development in the long term. As it has been noted by industrial players, the fourth industrial revolution is happening now. In the centre of technological change, the fusion of the physical and virtual world is taking place. With elaborated technological recommendations, digitalisation could be realised in an efficient way. With the help of intelligent cyber-physical systems, a holonic (with distributed intelligence) manufacturing technology will be developed. Smart cyber-physical systems can help to make human life better and more convenient by having features which cannot be found in traditional systems. Their use is easier not only because they are smaller and more efficient, but also because they have such system-level characteristics as autonomy, distributed intelligence, self-organisation or co-operation based on adaptivity.