{"id":113622,"date":"2026-04-07T21:49:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T19:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/industry-science.com\/?post_type=ejournal&#038;p=113622"},"modified":"2026-04-08T10:16:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T08:16:32","slug":"i4s-2-2026-learning-factories","status":"publish","type":"ejournal","link":"https:\/\/industry-science.com\/en\/e-journals\/i4s-2-2026-learning-factories\/","title":{"rendered":"I4S 2\/2026: Learning Factories"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center; margin-bottom:20px;\">\n   <a href=\"https:\/\/industry-science.com\/en\/gito-ejournal-index\/?token=TRdLeSHJzhLDSh5AGRFS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">      <button style=\"font-size:14px;\" class=\"button\">Table of contents (PDF)      <\/button>   <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent years, learning factories have evolved into central experimental and teaching environments in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. They combine real-world production processes with digital technologies to closely integrate research, teaching, and industrial application. In addition to their role as training centers for skilled workers, they increasingly serve as real-world laboratories for science. This issue of Industry 4.0 Science examines learning factories as venues for exploring new approaches and technologies\u2014whether digital assistants, cobots, serious gaming, or digital twins. Portraits of existing learning spaces in Germany and Brazil highlight methods and possibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">All articles at a glance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<!-- GITO_PUB_POST start list-container -->\n<div><ul class=\"gito-pub-frontend-post-list-container\">\n<li><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/industry-science.com\/en\/articles\/collaborative-robots-production\/\">Collaborative Robots in Production Environments<\/a><br><span style=\"color:#444;\">Employee qualification and acceptance for human-machine interaction<\/span><\/li><li><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/industry-science.com\/en\/articles\/trendiation-framework-employee\/\">Building the Future Workforce Today<\/a><br><span style=\"color:#444;\">Trendiation as a strategic framework for employee qualification and training<\/span><\/li><li><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/industry-science.com\/en\/articles\/digital-twins-production-logistics\/\">Experiencing Digital Twins in Production and Logistics<\/a><br><span style=\"color:#444;\">The fischertechnik\u00ae Learning Factory 4.0 as a development platform for possible expansion stages<\/span><\/li><li><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/industry-science.com\/en\/articles\/learning-module-sustainable\/\">Industrial Transformation via a Machining Learning Factory<\/a><br><span style=\"color:#444;\">A learning module to foster competencies for a sustainability-driven transformation<\/span><\/li><li><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/industry-science.com\/en\/articles\/learning-factories-future-brazil\/\">Learning Factories for the Future of Manufacturing in Brazil<\/a><br><span style=\"color:#444;\">Advancing manufacturing through technology and skills development<\/span><\/li><li><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/industry-science.com\/en\/articles\/experiments-learning-factories\/\">Conducting Experiments in Hybrid Learning Factories<\/a><br><span style=\"color:#444;\">The example of the InTraLab Potsdam<\/span><\/li><li><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/industry-science.com\/en\/articles\/energy-transition-serious-gaming\/\">Serious Gaming and the Energy Transition<\/a><br><span style=\"color:#444;\">Collaborative knowledge generation and interactive understanding of complex interrelationships<\/span><\/li><li><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/industry-science.com\/en\/articles\/maki-digital-assistant-learning\/\">MAKI\u2014A Digital Assistant for Practice-Based Learning<\/a><br><span style=\"color:#444;\">Why every factory is a learning factory<\/span><\/li><li><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/industry-science.com\/en\/articles\/ai-colleagues\/\">AI Colleagues?<\/a><br><span style=\"color:#444;\">Competence requirements and training for AI use in industry<\/span><\/li><li><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/industry-science.com\/en\/articles\/from-brownfield-to-industry-4-0\/\">From Brownfield to Industry 4.0<\/a><br><span style=\"color:#444;\">Learning factories as training and testing environment for digital transformation<\/span><\/li><li><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/industry-science.com\/en\/articles\/serious-games-as-a-training-tool\/\">Serious Games as a Training Tool<\/a><br><span style=\"color:#444;\">Game mechanics design to promote resilience<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<!-- GITO_PUB_POST end list-container -->\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"display:block;text-align:center !important;margin:30px 0;\"><div style=\"display:inline-block;border:1px solid #555;padding:10px;max-width:600px;text-align:left;\"><h2 class=\"gito-pub-download-section\"><center>Access limited<\/center><\/h2><p>You are currently <strong>not logged in \/ not yet registered<\/strong>.<\/p><p>In order to download the desired file(s), you must be logged in and have an appropriate inclusive subscription. 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How can companies efficiently integrate AI-supported automation, cobots and digital twins into their processes?                  <\/div>\n               <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n         <\/div>\n      <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"gito-pub-frontend-post-card gito-pub-flex-item gito-pub-flex-item-1\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/industry-science.com\/en\/e-journals\/i4s-6-2024-machine-learning\/\">\n         <div class=\"gito-pub-frontend-post-card-row\">         <div class=\"gito-pub-frontend-post-card-column gito-pub-frontend-post-card-column-image\">\n            <picture>\n               <source media=\"(max-width:640px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/industry-science.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/I4S_06-2024_Cover-640x325.png\">\n               <source media=\"(min-width:641px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/industry-science.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/I4S_06-2024_Cover-196x180.png\">\n               <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gito-pub-frontend-post-card-image\" src=\"https:\/\/industry-science.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/I4S_06-2024_Cover-196x180.png\" alt=\"I4S 6\/2024: Machine Learning\">\n            <\/picture>\n         <\/div>\n            <div class=\"gito-pub-frontend-post-card-column\">               <div class=\"ellipsis\" style=\"height:185px;overflow:hidden;\" title=\"I4S 6\/2024: Machine Learning\">                  <table class=\"gito-pub-frontend-post-card-header\">\n            \t     <tr>\n                        <td>                  \t\t   <h4 class=\"gito-pub-frontend-post-card-title\">I4S 6\/2024: Machine Learning<\/h4>\n                        <div class=\"gito-pub-frontend-post-card-subtitle\">A technology with optimization potential in terms of efficiency, transparency and sustainability<\/div>                        <\/td>\n                     <\/tr>\n                  <\/table>\n                  <div class=\"gito-pub-frontend-post-card-text\">\n<div class=\"gito-pub-frontend-post-card-abo-sign gito-pub-login-register-link\" data-targetabo=\"professional\" data-targeturl=\"https:\/\/industry-science.com\/en\/e-journals\/i4s-6-2024-machine-learning\/\" title=\"please login or register - content can only be read in its entirety with a subscription  professional\">\n\t\t\t                         <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/industry-science.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/gito-publisher\/img\/i4s-login.png\">\n\t\t\t                      <\/div>\nMachine learning takes automation to a new level. But what does this imply for the role of humans, who seem to remain\u00a0essential for the effective control of AI systems. The development of energy-efficient and fair algorithms and the optimization of data quality are crucial for the future viability of machine learning and artificial intelligence. The articles in this issue examine the technology's key potential and areas of application.                  <\/div>\n               <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n         <\/div>\n      <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- GITO_PUB_POST end flex-container -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of contents (PDF) In recent years, learning factories have evolved into central experimental and teaching environments in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. They combine real-world production processes with digital technologies to closely integrate research, teaching, and industrial application. 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