The manufacturing sector is moving from rigid, hardware-dependent systems toward flexible, software-driven environments. This transformation is shaped by the convergence of several Software-Defined technologies: Software-Defined Automation virtualizes industrial control, replacing proprietary PLCs with containerized, programmable solutions that enable scalability and interoperability. Software-Defined Compute and Communications provide a means to distribute intelligence seamlessly across devices, networks, and cloud platforms, reducing latency and enabling dynamic reconfiguration. Software-Defined Manufacturing Systems, usually implemented as Digital Twins, are real-time virtual models of machines and processes, allowing predictive analysis, optimization, and closer integration between human operators and intelligent systems. This work presents XWAVE, a project that unites these three Software-Defined paradigms to present a modular, fully software-defined manufacturing system.
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@article{arxiv.2510.26393,
title = {XWAVE: A Novel Software-Defined Everything Approach for the Manufacturing Industry},
author = {Juanjo Zulaika and Ibone Oleaga and Anne Sanz and Naia Presno and Aitor Landa-Arrue and Miguel Barón and María del Puy Carretero and Unai Lopez-Novoa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.26393},
year = {2025}
}