Cyber Physical Systems: features, Applications, Challenges

Cyber-physical systems (CPSs) are smart systems that depend on the synergy of cyber and physical components. They link the physical world (e.g. through sensors, actuators, robotics, and embedded systems) with the virtual world of information processing. Applications of CPS have the tremendous potential of improving convenience, comfort, and safety in our daily life. This paper provides a brief introduction to CPSs and their applications. The term "cyber-physical system" (CPS) was coined in 2006 by Helen Gill of the US National Science Foundation (Henshaw, 2016).