Design and Manufacturing: An Industry 4.0 Perspective

Dear Colleagues,

Industrial investments include the use of advanced technologies, which refine, accelerate, improve the quality of, and raise the profitability of the stakeholders. As part of Industry 4.0, 3D printing technology, the Internet of Things (IoT), virtual and augmented reality, artificial intelligence, computer-based simulations, etc., offer considerable opportunities for transforming the traditional approach of product design and manufacturing towards a computer-based innovative way of work. Not only have design and manufacturing changed, but also researchers, engineers and the academic works towards incorporating high-end applications to all stages of a product’s life cycle, each of them shaping the future of the industry by creating both new opportunities within specific sectors and new challenging demands.

This Special Issue aims to assemble recent advances in design and manufacturing from an Industry 4.0 point of view, topics of great interest including frameworks and applications offering advantages towards achieving the goals of Industry 4.0. 

Prof. Dr. Panagiotis Kyratsis
Dr. Angelos P. Markopoulos
Prof. Dr. Henrique de Amorim Almeida
Dr. Tatjana Spahiu
Guest Editors

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