INGOLSTADT, Germany—Audi AG is using Edge Cloud 4 Production (EC4P), a new method of IT-based factory automation, at its assembly plant in Böllinger Höfe that specializes in low-volume sports car production.
A local server cluster controls the worker support systems for two production cycles of the e-tron GT quattro, RS e-tron GT and Audi R8 models. In the future, the software-controlled, flexible and scalable server system will replace a decentralized control system that relies on high-maintenance industrial PCs.