Manufacturing industries are currently experiencing the fourth industrial revolution with the
rapid advancements in immersive technologies for human–machine interaction (HMI) and …

This article identifies the advances, advantages, limitations, requirements and current
methodologies in implementing the strategic Industry 4.0 (I4. 0) initiative. It focuses on all …

The current manufacturing environment aims at getting an increasing variety of customised,
high-quality products in flexible batches. The dynamic market demand, the short product …

The journey toward Industry 4.0 and the increasing implementation of Cyber Physical
Systems are evoking changes in human work and work organization, thus, creating new …

In the context of smart factories, where intelligent machines share data and support
enhanced functionalities at a factory level, workers are still seen as spectators rather than …

The desire to enhance connectivity and communication while simplifying data used to
improve and optimize products and processes has driven many organizations within …

Digital manufacturing concept is gaining a lot of attention and popularity due to its enormous
benefits. It is considered as one of the pillars or component of Industry 4.0. With the …

The advances in Industry 4.0 provide both challenges and opportunities for digital
manufacturing and assembly systems. This paper first addresses the state-of-the-art …

The 4th industrial revolution (Industry 4.0, I4. 0) is based upon the penetration of many new
technologies to the industrial world. These technologies are posed to fundamentally change …

In a demand context of mass customization, shifting towards the mass personalization of
products, assembly operations face the trade-off between highly productive automated …