Course detail

Digitalization in Industry

FSI-VI4 Acad. year: 2025/2026 Summer semester

Industry 4.0 is the current trend of automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies. It includes cyber-physical systems, the Internet of things and cloud computing. Industry 4.0 creates what has been called a "smart factory".

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Prerequisites

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Language of instruction

Czech

Aims

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The study programmes with the given course

Programme B-STR-P: Engineering, Bachelor's
branch AIŘ: Applied Computer Science and Control, 5 credits, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Syllabus

A. Evolution of industry and the concept of Industry 4.0, Cyber-physical systems and advancet information technologies
B. Reference model RAMI 4.0
C. The Internet of things (IoT), Recent advances in ICT and Industry 4.0 – digital twin
D. Industrial and cooperative autonomous robots, safety, additive manufacturing, artificial inteligence, cyber security, monitoring and diagnostics
E. Invited lecture by expert from Industry 4.0

Computer-assisted exercise

26 hours, optionally

Syllabus

The aim of the labs is to introduce students to practical part of the course above all using selected PLC and IoT technologies.



  • cyber-physical systems

  • Internet of Things (IoT) for sensing

  • digital twin

  • AI applications

  • robotic simulation systems

  • PLC and applications