Integration of a Case Study into Learning Factory for Future Research

Abstract

The concept of Industry 4.0 is currently the leading research topic, and the learning factory (LF) provides a platform for education and research in both academic and industry field. The underlying objective of this paper is to upgrade the existing lab facility at the university to learning factory setting for addressing the local small-to-medium enterprise (SME) challenges in Industry 4.0. Taking into consideration the local fish processing plant (FPP), one of the critical challenges is their cleaning of equipment, and this paper conceptualizes a part of the learning factory for research in the robotic cleaning solution. It also introduces a research project of an already validated prototype of robotic cleaning solution and discusses the opportunity of integrating it in the learning factory for demonstration and teaching, with further optimization using Industry 4.0 approaches.