Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Cyber-Physical Systems and Challenges Faced due to the COVID19 Pandemic Part 1: The Effect of Covid-19 on Industries 2. Sensitivity of the Steel Sector to Economic Crises. Impact of Covid-19 Crisis on Steel Production in Poland 3. The State of SME Enterprises in the Face of the Crisis Caused by the Covid-19 Epidemic 4. Towards Industry 4.0 versus the Covid-19 Crisis - The Use of Selected Technologies (ICT) in Business Part 2: CPS Based Solutions during the Pandemic 5. Human-Robot Collaborative Assembly based on CPS 6. A CPS Perspective on Teaching Engineering Laboratories during Pandemics 7. Impact of CPS on Enhancing Supply Chain Resilience, with a Focus on Solutions to Pandemic Challenges Part 3: Solutions to Pandemic Challenges in Manufacturing Sector 8. Complex Adaptive Manufacturing System Concept as a Cyber-Physical System: Solutions to the Covid-19 Pandemic Challenges 9. Major Advancements of Industry 4.0 to Overcome Challenges in Manufacturing during the COVID-19 Pandemic 10. Implementation of Cyber Physical Systems in Additive Manufacturing to Sustain Covid-19 Pandemic Part 4: Frameworks and Perspectives 11. Intelligent Cyber-Physical Production System Framework for Industry 4.0 Realization 12. Online Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Indian Perspective for Better Planning Part 5: Use Cases of Solutions to Pandemic Challenges 13. The Future Workplace: A Symbiotic System of Systems Environment 14. Transforming Standalone Machine Tool to a Cyber-Physical System: A Use Case of BEMRF Machine Tool to Tackle COVID-19 Restrictions