# Special Report: Enabling the Factory of 2030

- Show: [EE Times Current](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current)
- Published: 2023-07-25
- Length: 15m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2023-07-25-special-report-enabling-the-factory-of-2030
- Listen: https://podcast.show/aspencore/episode/110718741/

## Summary

Brett Brune, editor-in-chief of EE Times, and Barb Jorgenson, editor-in-chief of EPSNews, discuss the 'Enabling the Factory of 2030' special report, focusing on Industry 4.0 technologies. They cover data transport protocols like MQTT and OPC UA for edge computing, the adoption of digital twins and the industrial metaverse by companies like BMW and Siemens, and the use of 7-axis collaborative robots from Kuka and Casau in semiconductor and electronics manufacturing.

## Chapters

- [0:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2023-07-25-special-report-enabling-the-factory-of-2030#t=3) Introduction: Industry 4.0 and the Factory of 2030
- [2:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2023-07-25-special-report-enabling-the-factory-of-2030#t=120) Data Protocols and Edge Computing: MQTT, OPC UA, and Faircom
- [6:10](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2023-07-25-special-report-enabling-the-factory-of-2030#t=370) The Industrial Metaverse: BMW, Nvidia, and Digital Twins
- [11:43](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2023-07-25-special-report-enabling-the-factory-of-2030#t=703) Advanced Robotics: Kuka and Casau 7-Axis Cobots

## Topics

- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)

## Most relevant to

large enterprises

## Mentioned

- EE Times (company)
- EPSNews (company)
- OPC UA (tool)
- MTConnect (tool)
- MQTT (tool)
- Faircom (company)
- Hive MQ (company)
- Nvidia (company)
- Omniverse (product)
- BMW (company)
- Bentley Systems (company)
- Siemens (company)
- Infinia Technologies (company)
- Kuka (company)
- LBR IWA (product)
- Casau (company)
- Universal Robots (company)

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