Industry 6.0 is an emerging vision for industrialisation that builds upon previous industrial revolutions by integrating human intelligence with advanced technologies. The concept is characterised by the fusion of biological intelligence with cyber-physical systems to create self-regulating, emotionally aware, and evolution-capable machinery. Transformative technologies are already beginning to enable this shift, from digital twins, to advances in artificial intelligence, to the new generation of communications technologies including 6G and terahertz wireless networks.

This book defines, analyses and forecasts the principles, applications, designs, global standards and technical innovations that will form the backbone of Industry 6.0. Through a collection of scholarly and manufacturing focussed chapters, it offers a multi-disciplinary exploration of the evolution from intelligent automation to truly autonomous, co-evolving ecosystems of machines and humans. Contributions envision manufacturing systems as intelligent, interconnected, and self-evolving ecosystems capable of continuously adapting to changing environmental, economic, and societal conditions. Coverage includes enabling technologies, standards and protocols, and a selection of sectoral applications and case studies.

Offering an exploration of this developing field and its underpinning technologies, this book will be a valuable read for researchers, engineers and designers in various spheres of manufacturing, robotics and automation, and cyber-physical systems. Researchers in related fields that will be applied in Industry 6.0 - such as AI, quantum computing and virtual reality - will also find this book to be a useful resource.