FEATURE Manufacturing Data & Acquisition
Expectations for the Fifth Industrial Revolution
By Marina Ruggieri, IEEE fellow and professor of telecommunications at University of Roma “Tor Vergata”
T
he pandemic has undoubtedly become the most undesired companion of our lives for over a year. On a daily basis many of us
are invaded with variable fi gures and weak statistics, and are having to adapt to the unprecedented challenge of becoming more digital than ever before. It has been a perfect storm – attempting to become an accelerator for a credible digitalisation of society with an urgency to make the transformation time- effi cient, despite the intrinsic resistance to revolutionary changes. The transition to a pervasively-connected world is impacting all sectors of society, including industry and offi ce smart working, which has been continuously shaped since early last year. The passage between Industry 4.0 and 5.0
is already happening, even if the 4.0 concept has not been fully understood and widely developed as yet. The lack of a reassuring sequential transition from one generation to the next is similar to the future 5G to 6G transition. Those accelerated transitions are going to be characterised by one keyword – pervasiveness. The Industry 5.0 paradigm in particular will rely on the pervasiveness of three major pillars: connectivity, knowledge and intelligent sensing.
Pervasive sensing
The Industry 5.0 paradigm envisages a high-performance connectivity between humans and robots with key objects from the surrounding and operational industrial environment. In turn, this will enhance productivity, quality and security of the factory. A pervasive use of IoT based on intelligent sensors contributes to the
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generation, processing and exchange of knowledge within the system. It also enhances the performance of both human and robot operators while optimising cooperation with the surrounding environment. It is expected that IoT-based Industry 5.0 systems will improve sustainability by lowering power consumption and increasing network softwarisation.
As advanced technologies such as AI and IoT become more adopted, the Industry 5.0 paradigm is expected to rapidly revolutionise the way in which we work. Although working in close proximity with AI robots and smart machines may seem like an unfamiliar concept to many of us, Industry 5.0 will signifi cantly enhance effi ciency with current processes and transform the working environment.
Pervasive connectivity Connectivity is at the core of improving digitalisation in any environment. A connectivity infrastructure can become pervasive when its performance and integration within diverse environments make the coverage broad, reliable and suitable to the application.
The pervasive connectivity paradigm can be applied to fi xed and mobile scenarios. For example, 5G is starting a new era in connectivity which is characterised by a support-by-design approach to key verticals and technological enablers, such as artifi cial intelligence (AI) and internet of things (IoT). The unprecedented performance supported in mobility in terms of high speed and capacity, low latency and massive connections, make the 5G and 6G human-
centric value proposition more than just a dream.
The goal of solving social issues now and in the future suggests an intrinsic mission for 5G and 6G in the sustainability domain. The sustainable approach of both 5G and 6G networks should in turn pour out on the vertical domains, such as industry. Pervasive connectivity will provide an eff ective cooperation between human beings and AI- based robots. This is particularly important with Industry 5.0, which encourages this relationship in cyber-physical domains and relies on advanced fi ve-sense and hologram-based communications. Wearable and implantable devices can also eff ectively apply pervasive connectivity to Industry 5.0 scenarios.
Pervasive knowledge
All vertical domains need suitable and trustworthy data to take advantage of pervasive connectivity – this concept particularly applies to Industry 5.0. A pervasive network performance allows us to focus on Cloud-based data to improve the fl exibility and security of our systems. Cloud-based data enables on-demand availability of computer system resources and is a key asset in the deployment of Industry 5.0. The intelligent data needs to allow time and content-eff ective usage within the vertical realm. An eff ective approach for the knowledge extraction could be both distributed and energy-saving. Synergy between connectivity pervasiveness and intelligent data management promises to bring high eff ectiveness and secure operations to the Industry 5.0 environment.
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