Industrie 4.0: Enabling technologies

Abstract

With the development of industries, we have realized the third industrial revolution. Following the development of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), industrial wireless network and some other enabling technologies, the fourth industrial revolution is being gradually rolled out. This paper presents an overview of the background, concept, basic methods, major technologies and application scenarios for industrie 4.0. In our view, industrie 4.0 as an abstract concept can closely integrate the physical world with virtual world. This strategy of industrie 4.0 will lead to more and more people coming to participate in the manufacturing process and further popularize our products through CPS technology. The typical approach for industrie 4.0 is the social manufacturing. In fact, the social manufacturing can directly link our customers' need and our industries, but it must be based on the enabling technologies, such as embedded systems, wireless sensor network, industrial robots, 3D printing, cloud computing, and big data. Therefore, this paper in detail explains these concepts, advantages and the relations to industries. We can foresee that our life will be changed to be more efficient, fast, safe and convenient due to the development of industrie 4.0 in the near future.