Factories of the Future

2Industry 5.0

Talwinder Singh¹, Davinder Singh¹, Chandan Deep Singh¹ and Kanwaljit Singh²*

¹Department of Mechanical Engineering, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India

²Department of Mechanical Engineering, Guru Kashi University, Talwandi Sabo, Punjab, India

Abstract

The world has seen a massive increase in environmental pollution beginning from the Second Industrial Revolution. However, unlike in the past several decades, the manufacturing industry is now more focused on controlling different aspects of waste generation and management and on reducing adverse impacts on the environment from its operation. Having environmental awareness is often considered a competitive edge due to the vast amount of support from government; international organizations like the UN, WHO, etc.; and even an ever-growing niche customer base that supports environmentally friendly companies. Unfortunately, Industry 4.0 does not have a strong focus on environmental protection, nor has it focused technologies to improve the environmental sustainability of the Earth, even though many different AI algorithms have been used to investigate from the perspective of sustainability in the last decade. While the existing studies linking AI algorithms with environmental management have paved the way, the lack of strong focus and action leads to the need for a better technological solution to save the environment and increase sustainability. We envisage this solution to come out of Industry 5.0. Further, ...