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https://www.google.com/search?q=cyber+physical+systems https://www.google.com/search?q=cyber+physical+systems Factory equipment, vehicles, drones, power grids,

• 0xEF 3y ago
  I work in the industry that builds and integrates most of that stuff. We don't use that term. It's marketing woo which is why the other commenter has probably never heard it.
  • Luc 3y ago
    > It's marketing woo Nah, it's a term used in academia.
    • arghwhat 3y ago
      Feels like a term used in academia unrelated to the actual field itself...
    • feldrim 3y ago
      IIRC it started with government institutions and think tanks, and quickly adopted by academia.
      • monocasa 3y ago
        Yeah, you pick up .gov buzzwords pretty quickly if you want your grants approved.
  • subjectsigma 3y ago
    I work in defense and it is extremely common. That doesn’t mean it isn’t marketing fluff, but I was genuinely surprised they didn’t know and/or thought they were being snarky.
• foundry27 3y ago
  Also involved with some of these industries, no academia/government though, so my perspective may be incomplete. Anecdotally I can’t remember hearing this term used. After reading the Wikipedia page and a couple corporate pages about cyberphysical, I think it looks like it’s more about rebranding existing systems that contain interacting heterogenous elements with different RT needs, rather than introducing fundamentally new systems methodologies or technologies. It kinda reminds me of Agile, where a shift in mindset and terminology was hyped way more than any legitimate improvement in the underlying systems being built, and engineering “Agile products” became so important for some businesses.