From Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0: The Transition to Human Centricity and Collaborative Hybrid Intelligence

Abstract

Bringing back the human to the center of the industrial process, "with the robot" is no longer just a simple trend in today's society, especially considering the recent health crisis (Covid-19). In this context, Industry 5.0, considered the next industrial revolution, aims to combine the creativity of human experts with effective, intelligent, and precise machinery to provide manufacturing solutions that are more user-friendly and resource-efficient than those of Industry 4.0. Industry 5.0 is anticipated to benefit from various promising technologies and applications that will enable increased production and rapid supply of customized products. Industry 4.0 is regarded as technology-driven, while Industry 5.0 is a value-driven evolution of the previous one. The coexistence of two industrial revolutions raises issues that call for debates and explanations. This paper aims to study the main differences between revolutions 4.0 and 5.0, address the transition from Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0, and discuss how human centricity and collaborative hybrid intelligence will support business processes in the industry 5.0 era. Besides, the benefits and challenges of the fifth industrial revolution were also presented. Keywords: Industry 5.0, Industry 4.0, human-centricity, collaborative intelligence, human-robot collaboration. https://doi.org/10.55463/issn.1674-2974.50.4.8