[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber-physical_system](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber-physical_system) : This is way over my head, and the simple english wikipedia doesn’t have an entry for this yet.
Please explain this cyber-physical systems to me like I’m an idiot – thank you!
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Imagine you have a ton of cash to automate your home. You have motion sensors, cameras, motors, actuators, and a smart phone app to allow you to monitor and control it all. When you get up in the morning,
* a photo sensor measures the amount of light outside and opens the blinds in your home to let just the right amount of sunlight in.
* A motion sensor detects you walking out of your bedroom and signals the coffee maker to turn on and the air conditioner to go up 2 degrees.
* A camera feed of your driveway feeds to an analytic software package that determines that there is indeed a newspaper lying on your lawn and so it signals your Amazon Alexa to say “The paper has arrived”.
All of this interaction exists on a computer in your home and in the cloud (cyber). It is all integrated with sensors and motors in your home (physical). This is an example of cyber-physical system.
But the majority of these examples take place on a larger scale with more important purposes like controlling energy grids, traffic systems, and manufacturing processes.
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