GCRI · Advanced Industry and Robotics
STEM foundation of Advanced Industry and Robotics
The science, technology, engineering and mathematics Advanced Industry and Robotics rests on. Each method has a canonical page in the STEM Commons, hosted by the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI), and a page here on how it is applied in this field.
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The methods behind the field.
- 01Robotics and automationRobot cell risk assessment · Vision-guided handling · Collaborative workstation designSteward · Advanced Industry and RoboticsApplied here
- 02Materials science and chemistryMaterial qualification · Design for recycling · Powder quality for additive manufacturingSteward · Advanced Industry and RoboticsApplied here
- 03Process and industrial safety engineeringHazard and operability studies · Layer of protection analysis · Management of changeSteward · Advanced Industry and RoboticsApplied here
- 04Systems engineeringIntegrated safety and security requirements · Factory and site acceptance testingSteward · Systems Science and ModellingApplied here
- 05Optimisation and operations researchProduction scheduling · Energy-aware operations · Buffer and spare sizingSteward · Systems Science and ModellingApplied here
- 06Sensors, IoT and observation networksCondition monitoring · In-line quality inspection · Securing connected sensorsSteward · Critical InfrastructureApplied here
- 07Energy generation, storage and grid technologyProcess heat options · Waste heat recovery · Supply security for energy-intensive plantsSteward · Energy NexusApplied here
- 08Water and environmental engineeringEmission control selection · Industrial wastewater treatment · Community exposure monitoringSteward · Water NexusApplied here
Why industrial needs this combination of methods.
Industrial risk combines process safety for major hazards, robotics and systems engineering for automation, materials chemistry for substances, sensing for monitoring, optimisation for production and environmental engineering for emissions. The test of the mix is whether it explains past accidents, which is where the platform starts each method review.
Industrial work combines process safety, robotics, systems engineering and materials chemistry with sensing, optimisation, energy technology and environmental engineering.
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