Czech Way to Industry 4.0:Průmysl 4.0
Vladimír MAŘÍKBrno, October 5, 2016

CIIRC
Czech Institute of Informatics,Robotics, and Cybernetics
Czech Technical University in Prague

CIIRC, ČVUTDistributed Manufacturing Systems• Modern industrial production systems– increasing complexity of manufacturing facilities– constantly increasing customer requirements• fast product innovation (high-variety low-volume orders)• individual orders via websites• shorter and shorter order-to-delivery times• fault-tolerance• flexibility and dynamic reconfigurability– traditional centralized approaches failCIIRC, ČVUT2Manufacturing - Driving Force of Digital
Economy – Why?
 Convergence of communication, computing andautomation technologies, the area of industrial manufacturing
prepared in the best way Virtualization: IoT (Internet of Things), the physical world of
manufacturing is being interlinked with the virtual world of digital
representation, communication, and services (IoS), each objectof the physical world can be represented by a virtual twin
which can overtake the proactive role in communication
 New Technologies: additive printing, clouds, metods ofcybernetics, artificial intelligence and machine learning, machineperception, agent technologies atd.
 New Business Models: based on a high degree of autonomy ofindividual manufacturing, but also other units of the company, on
their connections to the “surroundings” of the plant Quite complex manufacturing systems do appear – these canbe managed and controlled as distributed systems (communityof agents)
CIIRC, ČVUTKey Visions in German Industrie 4.0
Main ideas developed in the field of manufacturing (will later
penetrate everywhere)
Computer-aided integration of Manufacturing machines incl. robots and transportation elements
 Processed products and semi-products Human operators, designers, human decision-makers, and all other systems and subsystems of an industrial enterpriseleads to a creation of an intelligent distributed network of various
entities along the value-creating chain, where all the subsystems do
operate autonomously, communicate among themselves in the peer-topeers way if and when needed  INTELLIGENT INTEGRATION
Direct interconnections of the Internet of Things (IoT) and theInternet of Services (IoS) = Creation of a Cyber-physical space with
unclearly defined borderlines between the world of real physics and thevirtual world –these borderlines might be moving as needed (exploringsimulations)
The third world – world of social life
CIIRC, ČVUTKey Visions of the 4th Industrial Revolution
An integrated manufacturing system is a very complex and can be
managed only by using principles of decentralization, asynchronous
addressed communication and coordination
Three-fold industrial system integration:- Horizontal Integration (of the value chain) – that means the fullcomputer-based integration of the value-chain from order putting,supply chain management, design, development, manufacturing up tothe distribution network- Vertical Integration (within-enterprise) – integration reaching fromthe real-time control of manufacturing machines on the workshop floor
up to the top-level management via planning, scheduling and ERP
systems- Engineering Integration Support (of the product life-cycle)
across the whole engineering chain of activities – from research,development, prototyping, scheduling up to the product life-cycle
management
CIIRC, ČVUTCollaborative Manufacturing Model - 2002

CIIRC, ČVUTTotal Networking
Exactly the same philosophy as in Industry 4.0 manufacturing
automation can be explored e.g. in Technology development Planning and scheduling Supply chain management
 ERP communication
 Product Life-cycle management
and these systems can be totally interlinked within the intelligent network Total Networkingof all activities connected with industrial
production

CIIRC, ČVUTWhy National Initiative Průmysl 4.0?
 In Czech Republic: the highest share of industrial
manufacturing on the Gross Added Value in Europe (25%) –(in Europe in average 15%, the goal of EU: to reach 20% in 2020)
 Direct export to Germany represents 32% of the export, atleast half of our manufacturing depends on German economy

 To keep or enhance this economic position, we have to becompatible with the Industrie 4.0 solutions – the world-widecompetition is expected to be very tough Průmysl 4.0 respects our own specific situation and specificneeds of the cyech RepublicCIIRC, ČVUT

National Initiative Průmysl 4.0
 National Initiative was initiated by the Ministry of Industry andTrade (MPO ČR), by minister Jan Mládek personally The preparatory activities started in July 2015 and theIniciative was officially announced at the Brno Fair inSept. 2015

 The Core Team of 15 experts and 87 experts involved later - theresult is an expert report (180 pages)
 This report is quite complex: it analyzes the state-of-the-art,
technological perspectives, visions for research, security,standardization, legislation, impacts on the labor market,
demands on education and financial instruments – it contains
recommendations for quite particular actions and measures

CIIRC, ČVUTNational Initiative Průmysl 4.0
 All the important stakeholders (SMEs, Univeristies,
Academy of Sciences, Confederation of Industry andTransportation, Technology Agency of the CR, and Trade
Unions) were engaged – a basis for the managerial
platform was created The results were published in a book The document delivered on Feb. 3, 2016
 Government resolution on Aug. 24, 2016
 In the meantime – very important activities: Agreement MPO a BMBF (Feb. 2016)
 Scientific Workshop in Prague on April 10-11, 2016
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Governmental Resolution
The anouncement of this was done by the Prime Minister B. Sobotka
at the CIIRC premises on August 25, 2016 in the presenceof Angela MERKEL within the frame of her official visit (CIIRC and DFKU
signed agreement on the same day)

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Goals for the CR
CR cannot stay aside, but it is not determining the direction
We need to play the role of a reliable cooperating partner able
to absorb new technologies and integrate solutions

The state is expected to prepare the infrastructure, support
R&D, but also legislation and human resources
The long-term goals are:

 To help to make production and services more efficient andcheaper (the first role – efficient manufacturer)
 To support the competitiveness of the Czech research and industry,
ability to export some of the solutions (the second role –exporter) To help to Czech SMEs in the process of their involvement into
global value-creating chains (the third role – efficient
cooperating partner)
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Challenges for Applied Research Research and innovations for Industry 4.0 cannot be solved
by individual SMEs itself!
 It is necessary to integrate research teams in the more
powerful units with more-than-critical mass of researchers,
adequate investment funding and institutional support, to shareexpensive equipment and to link capacities accross the country A new program of the Technology Agency of the CR – National
Centers of Competence Testbeds - a new phenomenon in the R&D activities forIndustry 4.0
 Manufacturing companies generate data, IT firms analyze them,machine tools suppliers develop new solution jointly with theirsuppliers – an excelent synergy for all the stakeholders
 Testbeds should play the crucial role in enhancing theUniversity-Industry cooperation
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Testbed at CIIRC
 The very first testbed for Industry 4.0 in the country (supportby Siemens followed by Škoda VW, and also Trumpf, Festo,Kuka,..) – under construction
 Particular goals:
 Industrie 4.0 compatible solutions for SMEs
 Interoperability of Czech-made machine tools and SWsolutions with Industrie 4.0 facilities Creating community of companies, direct contacts of SMEs
with global players

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New Building of CIIRC – situation Oct. 9, 2016

CIIRC, ČVUTCzech Institute of Informatics, Robotics andCybernetics - CIIRC• Center of Research Excellence – National Research Hub forPrůmysl 4.0• 21.000 sqm, 350 researchers in 2020 (joint research teams with 5faculties, teams the Academy of Sciences, National Center for Applied
Cybernetics, researchers from the Charles University)• National Center – linkage to TU Brno, West-Bohemian University Pilsen,TU Ostrava, Masaryk University in Brno
• Joint research Labs with the leading Universities (RWTH Aachen,Vienna Univ. of Technology, ....)• Towards integrated education of Ph.D. Students, e.g. in the fields ofIndustry 4.0 or Complex Systems• Efficient Technology Transfer Unit
• Incubator of start-ups (15-20)• Joint labs with global companies (Siemens, IBM, HP, Rockwell
Automation, Eaton, Schneider, ABB, Festo…)
CIIRC, ČVUTPrůmysl 4.0 - Other Challenges
 Social challenge: impact on the labor market
Man will be not replaced, but will be provided by new tools
Some professions disappear, but new ones will be createdLabor market should be prepared for changes in advance
Discussions with trade unions are important Challenges in the field of security and infrastructure
availability
besides the cybersecurity, the complex system security should
be considered Challenges in the field of standardization

should lead to compliance of solutions, standards don’t exist
yet
Each of the challenges - if ignored – might become a serious
thread for competitiveness of the Czech Republic
CIIRC, ČVUT4th Industrial Revolution Will Influence theWhole Society
4th industrial revolution brings ideas and technologies which willstrongly hit other areas, e.g.
 Power systems in control and coordination of decentralized resources– the level of success will influence the extent of new central energy
sources to be built Smart Cities: it is dealt with distributed processes with permanent
optimization and with necessity to react on changes in a flexible way

 Health Care: optimization of distributed services
The 4th industrial revolution is a NEW PHENOMENON which willstrongly influence the society as a whole!
Industrial Cyber Revolution is much more about way of man’s
thinking than about particular technologies!!
Technologies are available (can be bought), to change the way of
thinking will be much more difficult!
CIIRC, ČVUTThe Very First Issues to Be Solved
 Managerial structure of Průmysl 4.0 in the country– Governmental resolution expects: Association of Society 4.0
 To force governmental bodies TO ACT To involve SMEs, create efficient community around Průmysl 4.0
 To build the first testbed of national importance To be linked with similar initiatives and bodies internationally (not onlyGermany)
JAPAN – potentially very strong partner, we are interested incooperation!

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