Special Issue: Symbiotic Human–Artificial Intelligence Partnership for Next-Generation Factories

Abstract

As envisioned by Industry 4.0, the next generation of smart factories and warehouses will highly depend on the collaboration between human and artificial intelligence (AI). This symbiotic partnership can augment human capabilities by providing suggestions, assistance, and explanations as needed—or can utilize direct or indirect human feedbacks in a human-in-the-loop learning framework to enhance AI learning capabilities. This Special Section aims to harvest the latest efforts in fundamental methodologies as well as their applications in human–AI partnership with specific applications for next-generation factories encompassing the design process to manufacturing, production, and inspection.