TY - JOUR
T1 - Digital Technologies and Automation
T2 - The Human and Eco-Centered Foundations for the Factory of the Future [TC Spotlight]
AU - Huang, George Q.
AU - Vogel-Heuser, Birgit
AU - Zhou, Mengchu
AU - Dario, Paolo
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - Digital manufacturing processes have been extensively transformed by ubiquitous connectivity and collaborative robots so much that the industry of the future is pursuing high productivity, efficiency, and customization by becoming increasingly collaborative, connected, and cognitive. These new technologies have fostered a remarkable increase in production efficiency and an exceptional economic growth worldwide. The need to improve the work environment and the reliability of work procedures in complex and integrated systems has been sustaining a fast and increasing adoption of anthropocentric approaches in robotics and automation solutions for industrial processes. It also opens up new opportunities for robotics and automation to deliver new manufacturing processes for resource efficiency and smart assembly/ disassembly/recycling, in line with the approaches for a sustainable industry.
AB - Digital manufacturing processes have been extensively transformed by ubiquitous connectivity and collaborative robots so much that the industry of the future is pursuing high productivity, efficiency, and customization by becoming increasingly collaborative, connected, and cognitive. These new technologies have fostered a remarkable increase in production efficiency and an exceptional economic growth worldwide. The need to improve the work environment and the reliability of work procedures in complex and integrated systems has been sustaining a fast and increasing adoption of anthropocentric approaches in robotics and automation solutions for industrial processes. It also opens up new opportunities for robotics and automation to deliver new manufacturing processes for resource efficiency and smart assembly/ disassembly/recycling, in line with the approaches for a sustainable industry.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85114779086&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/MRA.2021.3095732
DO - 10.1109/MRA.2021.3095732
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85114779086
SN - 1070-9932
VL - 28
SP - 174
EP - 179
JO - IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine
JF - IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine
IS - 3
M1 - 9535352
ER -
