System Lifecycle Management - An Approach for Developing Cybertronic Systems in Consideration of Sustainability Aspects

Contemporary technological products are systems based on multiple engineering disciplines. Requirements, risen due to global competition and legislation, lead to complexity explosion especially with regard to the information flow within the product development process. Embedded intelligence and interconnectivity used for an autonomous decision-finding by the products increases complexity furthermore. This paper presents an approach and framework for model-based development of Cybertronic Systems supported by System Lifecycle Management for provision of data availability and traceability. An example based on eco-design of a Cybertronic Element – wheeled excavator – within a Cybertronic System – autonomous construction area – is presented.