About IR 4.0 Center

Industry 4.0 is a Cyber-Physical Systems comprise smart machines, storage systems and production facilities capable of autonomously exchanging information and also called smart factory, The term of 4.0 industrial revolution has been introduced in 2013 by Germany group in academic, business and politics to adopted new era of high tech-strategy for 2020, and was revived in 2011 at the Hannover Fair. There are number of technologies making up IR4.0 such as AI, Robotics, Automation, genetic engineering/biotechnology, Nano technology, Most of these are autonomous, things that happen without human intervention.

Cyber-physics system is combination of physics with cyber components potentially networked and interconnected devices.

Individually any of these would have a large impact. together, it is a perfect storm of change, Cloud computing uses remote servers to store, manage and process data for faster processes, Adaptive manufacturing which is digital 3D design data builds in layers by depositing materials, Augmented reality save expense of a physical trail to show a product, Big data can determine future actions and improve processes and cyber Security protects manufacturer’s most valuable data, Internet of things IoT which connected internet to machine to send, receive and process data, Simulation ideal for training employees and scenario planning, Autonomous systems program machinery and robots to act autonomously, Therefore, the 4.0 IR makes a factory interoperability which is machine, devices and people connect and communicate with one another, information transparency system: create virtually copy of physical world through sensor data, decentralization decision- making which is cyber-physical systems make simple decisions become as autonomous as possible, technical assistance: the system support humans in making decisions and solving problems and assist with tasks, and every industrial is planning substantial investments.

What is the challenges for the workforce? Increased expectations regarding individual flexibility, Change of necessary qualification, Improvement through the use of robots, Create of new jobs for high skilled workers