The primary goal of the project is to establish a novel methodological approach for the development of measuring and monitoring systems (MMs). This approach involves merging the physical and virtual realms through cyber-physical systems (CPSs), thereby creating Cyber-Physical Measurement Systems (CPMSs). To empirically demonstrate the effectiveness of this new paradigm, the project centers on a specific case study related to a well-established electromagnetic-based MMS—specifically, microwave reflectometry (MR) for widespread infrastructure monitoring (such as bridges, pipe networks, etc.).
The objective is to successfully showcase an initial practical example of transitioning from MMS to CPMS. Various enabling technologies (IoT, machine learning, artificial intelligence, system integration, simulation, and modeling of processes) are integrated at different levels of the stack architecture of MR-based monitoring systems. This integration fundamentally transforms the nature of the traditional MMS. The ultimate aim is to present a comprehensive view of the transition toward CPMS, addressing all the underlying aspects of this concept.