Research report

Author: Wolfram Rhomberg, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology

DRAFT

The Horizon Europe Bridges 5.0 (Bridges 5.0) project focuses on workforce skills in Industry 5.0. Conducted in spring/summer 2024, the objective of the underlying trend document is to provide a detailed analysis of industrial transformation trends relevant to Industry 5.0. It is based on 95 web sources of “grey literature”, resulting into 52 trends & topics across 8 key trend categories, such as “Culture, Organisation & Workforce”, “Automation & Robotics”, and “Green Manufacturing & Emission Reduction”. The analysis includes quantitative insights on source frequency, observation frequency, and stakeholder classifications. The findings emphasize projected trends and expectations rather than current realities in the manufacturing sector.

The document was elaborated within WP4, task 4.1, being a section to the upcoming final deliverable 4.1. Hence, this quantitative analysis of the “grey” literature is part of the overall analysis of industrial trends and developments in Work Package 4, Task 4.1. This analysis is published in advance to provide up-to-date and timely input into the ongoing discussions in the work package and to support the development of scenarios. The final deliverable in Task 4.1 will be published at the end of the work package.

Report subject to final approval by the European Commission.