SS3:Industry 4.0: Shaping the Future of Manufacturing with Emerging Technologies         

·   Organizers

Xu Cheng, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, China - xu.cheng@ieee.org, Shengyong Chen, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, China - sy@ieee.org, Honghai Liu, University of Portsmouth, PO1 2DJ Portsmouth, UK - honghai.liu@icloud.com, and Jiehan Zhou, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland - jiehan.zhou@ieee.org

·   Description/Abstract

The global industrial landscape is in the midst of an unprecedented transformation driven by the advent of the fourth industrial revolution, known as Industry 4.0. This revolution represents a monumental shift in the way industries operate and manage their processes, ushering in a new era of innovation and efficiency. Industry 4.0 leverages the capabilities of modern information and communication technology to create smart, adaptive, and secure factories that are redefining the very essence of industrial manufacturing. In the heart of Industry 4.0 lie a constellation of cutting-edge technologies, each contributing to the reimagining of traditional manufacturing processes. The Internet of Things (IoT) enables seamless connectivity between devices and systems, while cyber-physical systems (CPS) blur the lines between the digital and physical worlds. Cloud computing provides scalable and flexible infrastructure, and artificial intelligence (AI) bestows machines with cognitive abilities, transforming them into intelligent collaborators in the industrial setting. This special issue is a call to explore the multifaceted dimensions of Industry 4.0 and its interplay with the array of emerging technologies that underpin it. We invite researchers, academics, industry professionals, and innovators to contribute their insights and expertise to this discourse. Together, we aim to illuminate the challenges, opportunities, and transformative potential that Industry 4.0 offers across various sectors and applications.

This session welcomes researchers to submit publication in novel technologies, applications on industry 4.0, the innovation idea about production line methods by using Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), as well. The topics on this session are focusing, but not limited on the following:

• Smart Factory, Dark Factory, Cyber-Physical System, Smart work system
• Digital Twin, Human machine collaboration, Digital transformation
• Intelligent Industrial Internet of Things and applications
• Edge/cloud computing in smart manufacturing
• Big data analysis, Business on digitalization
• Intelligent automation and production, smart sensor
• Intelligent digital image processing and fault diagnosis
• Data and information for supply chain management
• Automated data acquisition, 3D printing technology
• Improve factory to industrial 4.0, networking and integration
• Centralization and service orientation, Employee qualification improvement
• AR/VR applications, Visual assistance and inspection system