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This episode discusses how Australian manufacturers can adopt Industry 4.0 through training, collaboration, and robotics technologies.

How Australian manufacturers can adopt Industry 4.0 using training, collaboration, and emerging robotics technologies. In this episode, recorded live at CeMAT 2026, Vikram Sachdeva from Swinburne University , Andrew Brown from the Association for Manufacturing Excellence , and Jun from Agibot share how Australian manufacturers can practically adopt Industry 4.0 and AI. Paul covers: How Swinburne’s Factory of the Future and Digital Jobs programmes help manufacturers build AI and digital capability Using readiness frameworks like CERI and EMRI to prioritise digital transformation initiatives How AME supports continuous improvement through systems thinking, networking, and global knowledge sharing The role of humanoid and quadruped robotics for education, inspection, and manufacturing use cases Why collaboration across education, industry bodies, and robotics providers accelerates adoption Whether you're a plant manager, operations leader, or technology buyer, this episode gives you a practical view of how to get started with Industry 4.0 in Australia. Follow Manufacturing Tech Australia on Spotify and leave a review if this episode helped you. Show notes and links for this episode…

People in this episode

Hosts: Shane Williams, Paul Mason

Guests: Vikram Sachdeva, Andrew Brown, Jun

Topics covered

• Industry 4.0
• Australian manufacturing
• robotics technologies
• digital transformation
• collaboration
• training
• AI adoption

Keywords

• Industry 4.0
• AI
• robotics
• digital capability
• manufacturing
• training programs
• continuous improvement
• collaboration
• digital transformation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Swinburne University, Association for Manufacturing Excellence, Agibot

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