The Future of Manufacturing and Industry 4.0
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Mechanical Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2024 | Viewed by 7251
Special Issue Editors
Interests: adaptive intelligent systems; sensor networks; Industry 4.0; Industry 5.0
Interests: process mining algorithms; discrete-event simulators; Industry 4.0; Operator 4.0; Industry 5.0
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Industry 4.0 (I4.0)—also recognized as the fourth industrial revolution or smart manufacturing—is characterized by the integration of intelligent digital technologies into manufacturing and industrial processes. This concept applied (and applies) a range of technologies from the Internet of Things (IoT) to artificial intelligence (AI) for enable the possibilities of real-time decision-making and enhanced productivity. Various crises and forecasts have highlighted the need to review certain elements of the I4.0 directive.
The next generation of I4.0, Industry 5.0 (I5.0), has defined resilience, sustainability and human-centricity as three pillars into which I4.0 should be developed. Recent global crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, have highlighted that our previous understanding of industrial production and its logistics assumes an optimal world. Unfortunately, our world is not ideal and, therefore, we cannot look at it as such; we must make our industrial biospheres resilient against adversity. There is growing evidence that our current growth-oriented economic approach is misguided and could lead to a major world-scale collapse if we do not make our environment, including our industrial processes, sustainable. Even though our whole social system is supposed to serve society, we sometimes forget about the human being in the process of optimising our systems. Human-centred thinking needs to become central again in these processes. The current version of I5.0 may not address all the future problems and development potential of I4.0. Therefore, it is important to examine the future of I4.0 from many angles to shape the development of I5.0 and, thus, humanity.
In light of this vision for the future, there are many aspects of future manufacturing processes that may need to be changed or fine-tuned. For this Special Issue, we welcome all research and work that presents the future of I4.0 as a whole or in a specific segment, its risks, concrete developments, its impact on society, its anomalies, and any specific work related to this topic.
Dr. Jaskó Szilárd
Dr. Tamás Ruppert
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- the future of manufacturing
- the future of industry
- new technologies in Industry 4.0
- circular economy in industry, human-centred solutions
- sustainable manufacturing