Application of Internet of Things Technology in Industrial Automation Control With the introduction of the 12th FiveYear Plan, the topic of the Internet of Things has attracted public attention. The wireless communication technology has made some successful applications in the key links of sense, transmission, intelligence, use, transportation and management. Moreover, the trend of the wireless technology entering the field of the industrial control is becoming more and more obvious. With the rapid development of the Ethernet local area network (LAN), the wireless communication has gained the recognition of the specific market by making up for the shortcomings of the wired network with its own advantages, such as no wires and strong flexibility and so on. More and more users are willing to accept the field instruments and the automated products embedded with the wireless functions.

Utilizing 5G in Industrial Robotic Applications Sensorbased realtime control is being used in robotics for different purposes. The trend is to develop intelligent robots that can understand and react on environmental situations. This leads to the integration of more complex algorithms and involving multiple sensors and mobile assets for a more flexible and intelligent motion control. The requirement on computing power becomes often higher than it could be performed on the robot controller itself. Using an external computer introduces, nowadays, significant communication delays that make realtime control difficult or even impossible. Furthermore, to integrate mobile assets in a motion control scenario wired communication cannot be employed. A 5G network  local factory cloud may bridge this gap. In this paper we describe why 5G technology can make a significant contribution to enable new types of industrial robotics applications. Moreover, we present various use cases and discuss simulation results of a 5Gbased robotics application in an industrial environment.