Industry 4.0 – A Glimpse
Source: Elsevier/Science Direct
In their article published in Procedia Manufacturing, Saurabh Vaidya et al. provide an overview of Industry 4.0 and define nine pillars of Industry 4.0 (Big Data and analytics, autonomous robots, simulation, system integration, IoT, cybersecurity, the Cloud, additive manufacturing, and augmented reality) with their applications to identify the challenges and issues of implementation.
They conclude that Industry 4.0 will give birth to new research streams around transparent and organized supply chains, industrial management, and optimized maintenance scheduling.