Sustainable Artificial Intelligence for Industrial Automation

This book explores the integration of sustainable AI into industrial automation and its impact on workflows, human roles, and cost-benefit dynamics. It covers practical applications—such as cyber-physical systems, human-machine interfaces, and industrial robotics—while addressing green practices, economic viability, and key challenges like situational awareness and information retrieval. Designed for policymakers, researchers, corporate leaders, and students, it offers a comprehensive guide to building resilient, environmentally responsible, and automated industries.

Prateek is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering at Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, India. Previously, he was with IIIT, Pune, and IIIT Kota, India. His research interests include physical layer issues in wireless communication.

Rajeev Arya is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics Engineering at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, India. He was with NIT Patna for over seven years—he specializes in AI/ML applications for Wireless Sensor Networks, 5G/6G and UAV networks. Several projects funded by DST-SERB, MeitY, and DRDO-DMSRDE are to his credit, and he has organized key international conferences including SoCTA-2019, ICCET-2022, and MAI-2026.

Ajit Kumar Verma is a distinguished academic, researcher, and thought leader with an exceptional career spanning engineering sciences, safety and reliability engineering. He is currently Professor of Technical Safety at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Haugesund, and has been a professor in Norway since 2012. Earlier, he served for several years at IIT Bombay, including around 15 years as Professor/Senior (HAG scale) Professor in Reliability Engineering and Electrical Engineering. He was an adjunct faculty at the University of Stavanger (Norway), and held guest professorships at Luleå University of Technology (Sweden), and several institutions in India. He had supervised/ co-supervised 41 PhD students and over 100 Master's thesis in leading universities. He has been Editor-in-Chief of three International Journals published by Springer, in the past. He is globally ranked (2025) in the top three and in the top .05 percent of scholars in Safety Engineering worldwide for his lifetime contributions by US based Scholar GPS. He has received Lifetime Achievement Awards from various institutions and his recent book jointly authored received the highest citation award by Springer. Springer (Switzerland) has also published a commemorative volume in 2020 to honour his contributions.