Manufacturing systems have undergone many changes with regard to their structure,
organization, and operation. This chapter charts the technical developments in …

This chapter begins with a brief introduction to manufacturing in Sect. 7.1, identifying the
enabling technologies and opportunities with regard to the sequence of industrial …

Manufacturing, like other industries, is rising to the challenges imposed by aggressive
consumer demands and the need for cost-effective processing that delivers quality in the …

Digital manufacturing has been considered, over the last decade, as a highly promising set
of technologies for reducing product development times and cost as well as for addressing …

Digital manufacturing technologies have quickly become ubiquitous in the manufacturing
industry. The transformation commonly referred to as the fourth industrial revolution, or …

Advances in the Internet, communication technologies, and computation power have
accelerated the cycle of new product development as well as supply chain efficiency in an …

The democratizing of innovation and technology happens when tools and expertise are
made affordable and accessible at scale to most manufacturers. To realize the …

Manufacturing is driven by the need to meet customers' individual preferences in a timely
and cost-effective manner. The integration of smart sensors and networked manufacturing …

Cyber-Physical and Gentelligent Systems in Manufacturing and Life Cycle explores the
latest technologies resulting from the integration of sensing components throughout the …

In the Industrie 4.0 roadmap, a cyber-physical system refers to the digital representation of a
physical system used to communicate properties and live status to other cyber-physical …