Workshop organized by

Zenepe Satka, Mälardalen University, Sweden, Anna Friebe, Mälardalen University, Sweden, Thomas Nolte, Mälardalen University, Sweden.

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Download Call for Papers

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Workshop type

Full-day workshop.

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Focus

This workshop addresses key technological, methodological, and operational challenges related to the digital transformation of industrial systems, with a particular emphasis on achieving higher levels of flexibility, intelligence, and resilience in future production environments. The overall objective is to enhance the level of digitalization and automation in industry by: (1) improving the flexibility of automation systems and solutions, (2) advancing the application and automation of robotics and control, and (3) strengthening digital infrastructure. These efforts aim to create smarter, more reconfigurable industrial environments with higher resilience, to meet future operational demands. By bringing together academic and industrial perspectives, the workshop emphasizes real‑world challenges and practical solutions. Topics include automation strategies for customized production and assembly, the use of Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) for intralogistics, and the adoption of DevOps principles in production and operational technology (OT) to enable faster reconfiguration and reduced downtime. Further focus areas include intelligent monitoring using machine learning for anomaly detection, integration of hard real‑time control with data analytics, reliable sensor‑to‑cloud communication via OPC UA, and redundancy in industrial networks. The workshop concludes with a panel discussion on the future of flexible and smart production, aimed at enhancing collaboration between industry and academia.

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Topics under this workshop include:

• Modular and reconfigurable production systems
• Digitalisation and Automation for Flexible and Customized Production
• Intelligent Monitoring, Diagnostics, and Anomaly Detection
• Advanced Data Analytics and Control Methods
• Mobile and Autonomous Systems in Production Environments
• Robust and Reliable Industrial Communication Networks

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Contact for more details

If you would like to know more about the workshop, please contact Zenepe Satka (zenepe.satka@mdu.se).