Industry 5.0 refers to the next phase of industrial revolution, which is characterized by the integration of advanced technologies like AI, Internet of Things, robotics, and big data analytics, with human skills and creativity. This book covers the material, digital and human infrastructure requirements for Industry 5.0.

As manufacturing organizations grapple with the imperative to foster sustainability, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles can be used as a guiding framework. This book seeks to explore the intersection of ESG and manufacturing technology.

Design thinking represents a novel methodology for developing projects. Instead of focusing on the project itself, the main driver is the end user. The book takes the trainee engineer through the various stages of design thinking and provides case studies and tools for them to use to practice.

This book provides a broad and balanced span of information, covering both fundamentals and applications across academic and industrial state-of-the-art activities on assembly, joining and repair of high-performance structures made from fibre-reinforced polymer composites.