Being human, first and foremost – even before I5.0
Research highlights the key role of people and training in all technological transitions
Expertise comes first and foremost, human expertise – it’s essential. That’s also, and especially, true in the case of high-tech transitions. Alice Campolucci, Lorenzo Compagnucci and Francesca Spigarelli (from the Department of Law, University of Macerata) reflect on this situation in their recently published research “Industria 5.0: verso un approccio umano-centrico. Il caso Campetella Robotic Center S.r.l.” (Industry 5.0: towards a human-centred approach – the case of Campetella Robotic Center S.r.l.).
The investigation seeks to identify and understand the challenges, opportunities and good practices that companies, workers and institutions encounter in the transition from the Industry 4.0 (I4.0) model and methods to those of Industry 5.0 (I5.0). After a section dedicated to the theory and scientific literature on the subject of I5.0, the three researchers verified everything by studying the case of a medium-sized family business, the Marche-based Campetella Robotic Center S.r.l., a company founded in 1897 and specialised in the design and implementation of innovative solutions in the field of industrial automation.
The analysis, in particular, researched and focused on the pillars of I5.0: sustainability, resilience and a human-centred approach. The survey revealed a shortage of skills for facilitating the transition from I4.0 to I5.0, and the need to invest in staff training to correctly apply digitalisation and manage the social and ethical implications arising from interactions between humans, robots and cobots.
The enabling technologies of I4.0 – the three researchers maintain – should be integrated with the pillars of I5.0, the human-centric approach in particular. Businesses and institutions are also called upon to define a long-term strategy that requires both courageous choices in terms of economic investment and training, and a major cultural change in the way production activities are understood. Human beings, therefore, and their particular culture of producing and creating community, remain the founding pillars of all innovation.
Industria 5.0: verso un approccio umano-centrico. Il caso Campetella Robotic Center S.r.l.
Alice Campolucci, Lorenzo Compagnucci, Francesca Spigarelli
ECONOMIA MARCHE Journal of Applied Economics,
Vol. XLIII, No.1, Aprile 2024
Research highlights the key role of people and training in all technological transitions
Expertise comes first and foremost, human expertise – it’s essential. That’s also, and especially, true in the case of high-tech transitions. Alice Campolucci, Lorenzo Compagnucci and Francesca Spigarelli (from the Department of Law, University of Macerata) reflect on this situation in their recently published research “Industria 5.0: verso un approccio umano-centrico. Il caso Campetella Robotic Center S.r.l.” (Industry 5.0: towards a human-centred approach – the case of Campetella Robotic Center S.r.l.).
The investigation seeks to identify and understand the challenges, opportunities and good practices that companies, workers and institutions encounter in the transition from the Industry 4.0 (I4.0) model and methods to those of Industry 5.0 (I5.0). After a section dedicated to the theory and scientific literature on the subject of I5.0, the three researchers verified everything by studying the case of a medium-sized family business, the Marche-based Campetella Robotic Center S.r.l., a company founded in 1897 and specialised in the design and implementation of innovative solutions in the field of industrial automation.
The analysis, in particular, researched and focused on the pillars of I5.0: sustainability, resilience and a human-centred approach. The survey revealed a shortage of skills for facilitating the transition from I4.0 to I5.0, and the need to invest in staff training to correctly apply digitalisation and manage the social and ethical implications arising from interactions between humans, robots and cobots.
The enabling technologies of I4.0 – the three researchers maintain – should be integrated with the pillars of I5.0, the human-centric approach in particular. Businesses and institutions are also called upon to define a long-term strategy that requires both courageous choices in terms of economic investment and training, and a major cultural change in the way production activities are understood. Human beings, therefore, and their particular culture of producing and creating community, remain the founding pillars of all innovation.
Industria 5.0: verso un approccio umano-centrico. Il caso Campetella Robotic Center S.r.l.
Alice Campolucci, Lorenzo Compagnucci, Francesca Spigarelli
ECONOMIA MARCHE Journal of Applied Economics,
Vol. XLIII, No.1, Aprile 2024