A group of academics from University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has secured a grant worth $200,000 for a project aiming to connect Australian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with opportunities in Vietnam in industry 4.0, artificial intelligence, IoT, environment engineering, and big data. The grant has come from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s […]
RMIT, Siemens & Festo team to promote Industry 4.0
RMIT, Siemens and Festo are to set up an Industrial Digital Innovation Hub at RMIT to promote Industry 4.0. Festo is a Germany based provider of automation technology and, through Festo Didactic, a provider of industrial training and education equipment and programs. The three organisations have signed a MoU to explore cooperation to “help drive […]
House of Reps report says 5G key to Industry 4.0
A new Australian Government report into 5G has flagged it as a key enabling technology for Industry 4.0. So what’s next? “The fourth industrial revolution, or ‘Industry 4.0’, is coming.” That’s the opening statement from the report of an Australian Government enquiry: The Next Gen Future Inquiry into the deployment, adoption and application of 5G […]
Australian businesses unprepared for Industry 4.0, says KPMG
KPMG says its survey of 198 Australian business leaders conducted in collaboration with global analytics platform Faethm shows “a concerning lack of readiness for technological change amongst Australian organisations” with most business leaders unprepared for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), which it describes as “the convergence of the physical, digital and biological worlds.” The 2020 […]
Microsoft and Nokia debut IoT collaboration
Microsoft and Nokia have formed a strategic collaboration they say will accelerate transformation and innovation across industries with cloud, AI and IoT by bringing together Microsoft cloud solutions and Nokia’s expertise in mission-critical networking. The two companies say they are uniquely positioned to help enterprises and communications service providers transform their businesses, by combining Microsoft’s […]
WEF checks out Queensland’s industry 4.0 initiative
World Economic Forum (WEF) representatives have visited the site for what the Queensland Government says will be Australia’s first Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Hub, in Brisbane. The ARM Hub is billed as an $18 million advanced manufacturing initiative being built by a partnership comprising the Queensland Government, Queensland University of Technology, the Urban Art […]
New Zealand budget gives Industry 4.0 a $NZ6.8m boost
The New Zealand Government’s ‘Wellbeing Budget’ unveiled on 30 May has allocated $NZ6.8m to fund the creation of an Industry 4.0 demonstration network with, up to, two smart factories to prepare New Zealand industry for the future. The budget papers said the money — $NZ6.2m in operating costs and $NZ0.6m in capital funding — would provide […]
When Society 4.0 meets Industry 4.0
Swinburne University and Amazon Web Services are collaborating to help understand, and anticipate, the societal impacts of Industry 4.0, aka Society 4.0. Last week, at the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Summit in Sydney, Swinburne deputy vice-chancellor (R&D), professor Aleksandar Subic and Vincent Quah, APAC regional head for education, research and not-for-profit, Worldwide Public Sector, at […]
Australian businesses not ready for Industry 4.0: Optus
Optus Business has released the results of “a survey of 285 leading enterprises across Australia” saying it shows many organisations do not have the appropriately skilled workforce, corporate culture or processes in place to compete effectively in the era of Industry 4.0 “The situation means we must evolve how we develop and utilise human capital,” […]
DXC and Swinburne Uni team for digital transformation and Industry 4.0
Global IT service company DXC Technology has opened a Digital Transformation Centre at Swinburne University of Technology, which already boasts a major industry 4.0 facility. DXC says its Digital Transformation Centre at Swinburne will showcase a new and evolving approach for clients to deliver digital solutions by drawing on DXC’s global experience in digital transformation and […]
