The socio-technical factory of the future: how AI and human can work together

Conference on Business Modelling and Software Development, Sofia

We are in the midst of the 4th industrial revolution. Small inexpensive computers with very high processing ability are more and more used in factories and logistical networks to increase the competetive ability of participating companies. The keynote of Prof. Gronau, member of the German Academy of Technical Sciences ACATECH and director of the 4IR research center Potsdam, Germany will provide an overview about these achievements and will address the question, which position belongs to the humans in the factory of the future? As Artificial Intelligence is also enlarging its capabilities it is possible to create a joint AI-human team in the factory. The keynote will show the elements of such a factory system, how to achieve it and its benefits for humans and the company as well.