Acatech
The new engineering roadmap
With its new Engineering Roadmap, the Industry 4.0 Research Advisory Council of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) presents a framework for specific research priorities over the next ten years. Target image: self-generating systems
The engineering roadmap was drawn up by members of the Research Advisory Board together with a new strategy commission set up in 2023 specifically for this project. Further roadmaps on the topics of "business models" and "the future of work" as well as an overarching strategy paper are still to come.
In order to achieve the necessary skills in the area of engineering in the coming years, suitable methods and techniques must be available. The engineering roadmap focuses on four main topics: "Product and production system development / planning", "Achieving goals / quality assurance", "Information acquisition and use" and "Man, machine and organization". This thematic structure, together with the chronological structure, forms a grid for the arrangement of specific thematic blocks that address important research questions.
"The fourth industrial revolution - like all previous industrial revolutions - will cause major changes," explains Peter Liggesmeyer (Fraunhofer IESE), spokesperson for science on the Industry 4.0 Research Advisory Board. "Among other things, this affects value propositions, business models, the way people are integrated, but also technical aspects. Engineering must be adapted to the changed requirements. This requires appropriate research, for which this engineering roadmap is intended to provide guidance."
The Engineering Roadmap can be downloaded free of charge from the acatech website.
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