An interactive approach to teach automation in the training of the industry 4.0 In this paper, we propose a new method to teach automation in the training of industry 4.0. This method uses an interactive approach to help students rapidly familiarize with PLC programming. Computers are transformed into PLC training kits using Factory IO xe2x80x93 a 3D factory simulator and CodeSys xe2x80x93 a development system. A series of training activities have been organized to encourage lifelong learning among the students. Besides, a survey has been conducted with 20 students in firstyear master Energy at Energy Master, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, Lyon, France. The results indicate that students are satisfied with this approach.

Towards automatic state machine reconstruction from legacy PLC using data collection Today, more and more industries are considering moving towards being Industry 4.0 compliant. But this transition is not straightforward due to many reasons: in particular, transfer to new system can lead to significant production downtime and could result in delays and cost overruns. The best way is systematic seamless transition to newer and advanced technologies that Industry 4.0 offers. This paper proposes an automated synthesis framework that learns the behavior of existing legacy and often blackbox programmable logic controllers and generates state machines that can be incorporated into IEC 61499 function blocks. The paper presents the toolchain architecture and exemplifies it on a laboratory scale Festo didactic mechatronic system.