Chatty factories: A vision for the future of product design and manufacture with IoT

P. Burnap*, D. Branson, D. Murray-Rust, J. Preston, D. Richards, D. Burnett, N. Edwards, R. Firth, K. Gorkovenko, M. A. Khanesar, M. Lakoju, T. Smith, J. Thorp

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Chatty Factories is a three-year investment by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) through its programme for New Industrial Systems. The project explores the transformative potential of placing IoT-enabled data driven systems at the core of design and manufacturing processes. The research focuses on the opportunity to collect data from IoT-enabled sensors embedded in products during real-time use by consumers, explores how that data might be immediately transferred into usable information to inform design, and considers what characteristics of the manufacturing environment might optimise the response to such data. The project also considers implications arising for skills development in the education sector as well as ethics in manufacturing. In this paper we provide a vision for future “Chatty Factories”.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIET Conference Publications
PublisherInstitution of Engineering and Technology
EditionCP756
ISBN (Electronic)9781839530074, 9781839530661, 9781839530883, 9781839530890, 9781839531088, 9781839531255
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes
EventLiving in the Internet of Things, IoT 2019 - London, United Kingdom
Duration: 1 May 20192 May 2019

Publication series

NameIET Conference Publications
NumberCP756
Volume2019

Conference

ConferenceLiving in the Internet of Things, IoT 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
Period1/05/192/05/19

Keywords

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cybersecurity
  • Design
  • Ethnography
  • IoT
  • Manufacturing
  • Robotics

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