Industrial Robot: Volume 49 Issue 3

Guest editorial: Industry 4.0 special issue

Abid Haleem, Mohd Javaid, Ravi Pratap Singh, Shahbaz Khan

The changing face of the automotive robotics industry

Robert Bogue

This study aims to provide an insight into recent technological developments and applications that are driving growth and change in the automotive robotics sector.

Online programming system for robotic fillet welding in Industry 4.0

Ignacio Diaz-Cano, Fernando M. Quintana, Miguel Lopez-Fuster, Francisco-Javier Badesa, Pedro L. Galindo, Arturo Morgado-Estevez

Fillet welding is one of the most widespread types of welding in the industry, which is still carried out manually or automated by contact. This paper aims to describe an online…

Exploring relationships between Lean 4.0 and manufacturing industry

Mohd Javaid, Abid Haleem, Ravi Pratap Singh, Shanay Rab, Rajiv Suman, Shahbaz Khan

Over the past few decades, lean manufacturing has focussed on being customer-centred and now Lean 4.0 technologies have made it possible for manufacturers to have a deeper view of…

A labelling system and automation comparison index for industry 4.0 system

Shailendra Kumar, Mohammad Asjad, Mohd. Suhaib

This paper aims to put forward a labelling system capable of reflecting the level of different Industry 4.0 (I4.0)features present in a manufacturing system and further propose a…

Augmented reality – an important aspect of Industry 4.0

Aatish Sharma, Raied Mehtab, Sanjay Mohan, Mohd Kamal Mohd Shah

Augmented reality (AR) integrates the digital world with the real world and thus, provides a real-time experience to the users. With AR, the immediate surroundings become a…

Sensors and tribological systems: applications for industry 4.0

Saquib Rouf, Ankush Raina, Mir Irfan Ul Haq, Nida Naveed

The involvement of wear, friction and lubrication in engineering systems and industrial applications makes it imperative to study the various aspects of tribology in relation with…

Production and maintenance in industries: impact of industry 4.0

Firoz khan Fasuludeen Kunju, Nida Naveed, Muhammad Naveed Anwar, Mir Irfan Ul Haq

Production industries are undergoing a digital transition, referred to as the fourth industrial revolution or Industry 4.0, as a result of rapidly expanding advances in…

Exploring contributions of drones towards Industry 4.0

Mohd Javaid, Ibrahim Haleem Khan, Ravi Pratap Singh, Shanay Rab, Rajiv Suman

Unmanned aerial vehicles are commonly known as UAVs and drones. Nowadays, industries have begun to realise the operational and economic benefits of drone-enabled tasks. The…

3D printing towards implementing Industry 4.0: sustainability aspects, barriers and challenges

Abrar Malik, Mir Irfan Ul Haq, Ankush Raina, Kapil Gupta

Environmental degradation has emerged as one of the major limitations of industrial revolution and has led to an increased focus towards developing sustainable strategies and…

Development of an industry 4.0 transformability index for manufacturing systems

Shailendra Kumar, Mohammad Asjad, Ajith Tom James, Mohd Suhaib

Evaluation of the extent of transformability of an existing system into an industry 4.0 (I4.0) compatible system is indispensable for both the technical and economic planning for…

Progressive schema of 5G for Industry 4.0: features, enablers, and services

Mohd Javaid, Abid Haleem, Shanay Rab, Ravi Pratap Singh, Rajiv Suman, Sanjay Mohan

The development of new communication technology such as 5G is now a solid choice for Industry 4.0. 5G in the fifth generation replaces the presently used mobile telecommunications…

Industry 4.0 oriented predictive analytics of cardiovascular diseases using machine learning, hyperparameter tuning and ensemble techniques

Jameel Ahamed, Roohie Naaz Mir, Mohammad Ahsan Chishti

The world is shifting towards the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0), symbolising the move to digital, fully automated habitats and cyber-physical systems. Industry 4.0…

Framework development and evaluation of Industry 4.0 technological aspects towards improving the circular economy-based supply chain

Somesh Agarwal, Mohit Tyagi, Rajiv Kumar Garg

The purpose of this study is to present Industry 4.0 technologies for advancing the circular economy (CE) adaption in manufacturing industry’s supply chain (SC) network. To pursue…

Perspectives of cybersecurity for ameliorative Industry 4.0 era: a review-based framework

Abid Haleem, Mohd Javaid, Ravi Pratap Singh, Shanay Rab, Rajiv Suman

Industry 4.0 refers to the interconnection of cyber-physical systems, which connects the physical and digital worlds by collecting digital data from physical objects/processes…