Ole Madsen is a professor at the Department of mechanical and manufacturing Engineering at Aalborg University, where he is head of the research group on Robotics and Automation. He has more than 25 years of experience in industrial automation. Ole Madsen has worked at Aalborg University as assistant professor and associate professor. He has also worked for Odense Staalskibsværft A/S as consultant; at BIOX ApS and at IWA (Intelligent Welding Automation) A/S as cofounder, system developer and manager; and at Grundfos A/S focusing on manufacturing innovation. His research interest includes flexible robotics, reconfigurable manufacturing systems, smart production and industry 4.0. Ole Madsen has more than 120 international publications and has participated in a number of national projects as well as international EU-funded research projects.