It was scientifically established in the 1970s that we are stressing the planet beyond the point where it can naturally recover. Today we are using about 50% more natural resources than can be extracted sustainably. The long history of industrialisation and population growth is now seeing climate change, extreme weather, and perhaps it is human overpopulation and terraforming that is now giving way to pandemics as we increasingly challenge and stress ecosystems. Stressed systems react and fail in a variety of ways, and there is increasing evidence that CV-19 might just be the surprising product of human abuse of nature. What we can be certain of is that without action we will see more unpleasant and unwelcome surprises. The Green Agenda is our biggest hope, but much of it is driven by emotion rather than deep thought, evidence, and scientific analysis. For example; recycling is mostly a fallacy and we need to think again! In reality Industry 4.0 is the first major program vested in the basics of long term sustainability. In this presentation we give a brief overview of what I4.0 brings to the party by a focus on one major sector that is ripe for transformation. A much broader and wider treatment has been presented at previous events and numerous additional, associative, and supportive slide sets in this series are available on the web site.

1. INDUSTRY 4.0 &
Sustainability
Prof Peter Cochrane OBE
S e n t i e n t S y s t e m s R e s e a r c h
petercochrane.com

2. PERSPECTIVE 1
Living Standards
Health Populous
Waste Production
Energy Pollution
Markets Materials

3. RETRIBUTION ?
CV-19 appears to be a result of
stressing the eco-system:
nature v mankind
plants and animals
v
human expansion and terraforming

4. u n acc e p ta b l e
Recycling does not work
and needs fix, and we have
to reduce the amount of
waste produced
There is no such thing as
waste - only poorly exploited
resources !
This is all about the systemic
failure of design, material
choices, processes, and use

5. We consume an estimated
1.5x the planet’s sustainable
consumables per year
Sustainable
finite
supply
Out of
control
consumption
overdemanding

6. NO PLAN(ET) ‘B’
We occupy and live in a closed
system of finite resources…
nothing more and nothing less -
we cannot evacuate, move, or call
upon additional resources
“No organism can live in its own
waste materials, but that is what
we are attempting to do”

7. PERSPECTIVE 2
There is no viable route back to the past and it
was also unsustainable anyway
We have to seek out and engineer
a sustainable future on a new
basis!

8. POLISHING ?
Improving and making our old
industries more efficient and productive
will not save the day - it would only slow
the process of eventual decline - and we
have to think anew!
Wasted energy, materials, time, and
the creation of until pollution!

9. WHAT TO DO ?
This is not a bad starting point but no one
knows how to do it!
Industry 4.0 happens to be the kernal of
the only viable solution and we now have
all the key technologies to hand!

10. Incomplete
Commonly accepted view
omits a few vital elements

11. Reuse
Recycling
Repurposing
Nano-Tech
Bio -Tech
Materials
Integrated
Cyber
Security
AI Design
Control
Robot-Human
Team Working
V I TA L E X T R A S

12. IoT
I 4 . 0 K e r n a l
BIO-TECH nano-TECH
A future of rethinking,
redesigning, new materials,
s c i e n c e s , t e c h n o l o g i e s ,
engineering, robotics, and
automation - lower energy
use and far less waste
AIRobotics
Hot
Spot

13. DaY O N E
Design IN
Embedded and automated
cybersecurity
New materials/processes
Greater utility and use
Improved material cycles
Pollution reduction
Lower energy demands
Better performance
An integrated
approach is a
fundamental
requirement

14. Exemplar
We only have time for one, but
all the issues and arguments
presented can be extrapolated as
applicable to almost all cases
The product is highly complex and
we are moving to near 100%
automated production and
assembly through the printing of
almost every component

15. PRIME EXAMPLE
Moving from old to new can achieve
gross savings across all fronts
Less energy Simple assembly
Less material Easier to design
Less pollution More reliable
Far more efficient Wider Utility
Easier to manufacture Fewer Parts
Far more suited to automated
design, manufacture, integration
a n d ro b o t i c a s s e m b l y l i n e s
with gross returns

16. Exemplar 1
Electric vehicles require fewer
components and are easier to
design, and produce using
automated production lines

17. E X E M P L A R 2
3D Printed wheels produced
at the point of need would see
vast reductions in materials,
production and logistics costs

18. EXEMPLAR 3
Fully integrated wheels with
electric motor, suspension,
and breaking system - most of
which can be printed

19. From the producing/printing each
component of the integrated
wheel everything is recorded
i n c l u d i n g t h e i r u s e / s e r v i c e
history; all repurposing, reuse,
and >95% materials recycling
EXEMPLAR 4
The full wheel assembly becomes a
part of the whole vehicle network
(IoT on wheels)-all performance
aspects are monitored and adjusted
in real time

20. I oT C A R
Forward
Looking
RADAR
Car to Car
Comms Car to Car
Comms
3, 4, 5G
WiFi
ZigBe
BlueTooth
None of the >100 embedded sensors
connect directly to the Internet
Aggregated information from the car
net connects to the IoT via 3,4,5G +
WiFi, ZigBe, Blue Tooth + Car to Car

21. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZVYTJarPFs
I oT N I G H T M A R E CyberSecurity was a
design afterthought
J e e p h i - j a c k e d
r e m o t e l y v i a t h e
internet
Automated Cyber Security
is required based on
auto-immunity

22. C o at i n g s

23. M y F u t u r e C a r
Printed Multi-Function Plastic Panels
- Hydrophobic - Self Cleaning
- Integrated energy storage
- Colour programmable
- Self repairing
Far fewer components
Reduced complexity
>95% Material Recovery
>90% Improved energy use

24. 3D Printed wheels produced
at the point of need would see
vast reductions in materials,
IOT HOMES
All appliances migrate onto the
IoT to monitor use/customer
behaviours and choices
For the first time users
will be able to influence
the design process en
mass…whilst designers &
manufacturers will be
able to improve their
products
DOWN SIDE: Every appliance and
product in the home becomes a
potential cyber-weak point from
where the penetration and home
network access can be initiated!

25. I 4 . 0 I oT N e t w o r k i n g
We have little or no experience
of net design and performance
for such technology and will be
subject to emergent behaviours
Things connect over very short
distances - dictating new forms of
short range, low energy, and very
low cost wireless systems

26. aGGREGATED
KNOWLEDGE
E D U C AT I O N
When one machine accumulates
knowledge or learns something
new, they so do all the machines
on the network

27. Networking
People, machines and things
No country, company, individual
has all the people, technology and
facilities to do everything - and
none of us can stand alone - we
have to network expertise, facilities,
materials and methods

28. S e n t i e n t S y s t e m s R e s e a r c h
T h a n k Y o u
p e t e r c o c h r a n e . c o m