A Roadmap for Enabling Industry 4.0 by Artificial Intelligence

2Industry 4.0, Intelligent Manufacturing, Internet of Things, Cloud Computing: An Overview

Sachi Pandey¹, Vijay Laxmi²* and Rajendra Prasad Mahapatra¹

¹SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Delhi – NCR Campus, Modinagar, India

²Information Technology, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

This chapter starts with an overview of the evolution of Industry 4.0 that enabled digital transformation in manufacturing and other related industries. Provides concepts, definitions, and real-life examples in the intelligent manufacturing industry. Next, describes how the ecosystem of intelligent sensors, devices, and applications increase productivity and streamline business operations. Highlights the integration of manufacturing operational technology with information technology using data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Next, the chapter dwells on how cloud computing can support IoT at a large scale and economically. Finally, it finishes with an overview of security controls and best practices in realizing smart manufacturing.

Keywords: Smart manufacturing, Internet of Things, connected world, cloud computing, data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, predictive analytics

2.1 Introduction

Digitization, or digital transformation, has become necessary for any firm, industry, or country seeking relevance in the new digital economy [1]. Driven by changes in the digital economy and information technology, the industrial transformation is replacing the ...