Industry 4.0 and Advanced Manufacturing

This book presents selected papers from the 2nd International  Conference on Industry 4.0 and Advanced Manufacturing held at the Indian  Institute of Science, Bangalore and includes deliberations from  stakeholders in manufacturing and Industry 4.0 on the nature, needs,  challenges, opportunities, problems, and solutions in these  transformational areas. Special emphasis is placed on exploring avenues  for creating a vision of, and enablers for, sustainable, affordable, and  human-centric Industry 4.0. The book showcases cutting edge practice,  research, and educational innovation in this crucial and rapidly  evolving area. This book will be useful to researchers in academia and  industry, and will also be useful to policymakers involved in creating  ecosystems for implementation of Industry 4.0.