The intelligent industry of the future: A survey on emerging trends, research challenges and opportunities in Industry 4.0

Issue title: Intelligent Systems, Applications and Environments for the Industry of the Future

Guest editors: Davy Preuveneers and Elisabeth Ilie-Zudor

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Preuveneers, Davy^{a; *} | Ilie-Zudor, Elisabeth^b

Affiliations: [a] imec-DistriNet, Department of Computer Science, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium | [b] MTA SZTAKI, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author. E-mail: davy.preuveneers@cs.kuleuven.be.

Abstract: Strongly rooted in the Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems-enabled manufacturing, disruptive paradigms like the Factory of the Future and Industry 4.0 envision knowledge-intensive industrial intelligent environments where smart personalized products are created through smart processes and procedures. The 4th industrial revolution will be based on Cyber-Physical Systems that will monitor, analyze and automate business processes, transforming production and logistic processes into smart factory environments where big data capabilities, cloud services and smart predictive decision support tools are used to increase productivity and efficiency. This survey provides insights into the latest developments in these domains, and identifies relevant research challenges and opportunities to shape the future of intelligent manufacturing environments.

Keywords: Factory of the future, smart manufacturing, trends, challenges, survey

DOI: 10.3233/AIS-170432

Journal: Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 287-298, 2017