Industry 4.0

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Abstract
3. Foreword
4. Preface
5. Introduction
6. 1 Industry 4.0: Definition and the Acceleration of Innovations
   1. 1.1. General framework
   2. 1.2. Application areas
   3. 1.3. Dissemination of Industry 4.0 and the disciplines that contribute to its development
   4. 1.4. Artificial intelligence
   5. 1.5. The Internet of Things
   6. 1.6. Additive manufacturing
   7. 1.7. Robotization and automation
   8. 1.8. Current situation of Industry 4.0
7. 2 Disciplinary Boundaries
   1. 2.1. A return to the notion of the boundary object
   2. 2.2. Interdisciplinarity
8. 3 Technical Progress and Quality of Life at Work
   1. 3.1. General framework
   2. 3.2. Between acceptance and rejection, and between attractions and fears of technological progress
   3. 3.3. New organizations and new disorganizations
   4. 3.4. Environmental aspects
9. 4 Elements of Foresight and Possible Effects of Conceivable Scenarios
   1. 4.1. Major trends
   2. 4.2. Four scenarios
   3. 4.3. Possible effects on the development of the “Industry 4.0” concept
10. 5 What Can Be Done?
    1. 5.1. The administrative path.
    2. 5.2. Effects on work based on the current inertial civilizational model
    3. 5.3. New organizations
    4. 5.4. Ways of resourcing European, national and/or individual innovation
    5. 5.5. Convergences
    6. 5.6. Encouraging transformative, risky and interdisciplinary research
11. Conclusion: A Temporary Conclusion in a Rapidly Changing World
12. References
13. Index
14. End User License Agreement