Advances in Artificial Intelligence Applications for Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0

Dear Colleagues,

The term Industry 4.0 (I4.0) is used both to refer to the fourth industrial revolution as well as to the slogan of the initiative of European entities to define a type of standard for the structuring of smart production systems based on cyber-physical systems. Regardless of the interpretation, I4.0 has been extensively explored by several works and interesting technical–scientific and social contributions. That is, a relatively large number of works are under development, and a discussion that is increasingly relevant refers to the application of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques. Thus, the objective here is to present the various and possible visions and contributions of AI in the improvement and use of technologies that involve I4.0 such as digital twin, real-time monitoring and control, supply chain interoperability and integration, prescriptive maintenance, autonomous systems, robotics, machine tools, and cyber security.

Prof. Dr. Paulo Eigi Miyagi
Prof. Dr. Flávio Soares Corrêa Da Silva
Prof. Dr. Alexandre Da Silva Simões
Prof. Dr. Fabrício Junqueira
Dr. Marcosiris Amorim de Oliveira Pessoa
Dr. Izabel Fernanda Machado
Dr. Lilian Berton
Guest Editors

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