The Fourth Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution is a concept and a development that has fundamentally changed our society and economy. Te term “development” may seem to indicate some tardiness in the context of a “revolution,” which really signifes a rapid and fundamental change, but there is no doubt that major alterations occurred within a relatively short period. Industries arose and replaced small-scale workshops and craft studios. Textile and pottery factories were the frst to recognize the new dawn, and a new infrastructure of canals and railway lines enabled efcient distribution.
It was the transition from industrious to industrial, and the start of a boom for both. From the frst mechanical loom, dating from 1784, exactly 230 years ago, we can distinguish four stages in the ongoing process called the Industrial evolution. Tat is the way we currently look at it. Te frst “acceleration” occurred toward the end of the 18th century: mechanical production on the basis of water and steam. We place the Second Industrial Revolution at the beginning of the 20th century: the introduction of the conveyor belt and mass production, to which the names of icons such as Henry Ford and Frederick Taylor are linked. Number three is the digital automation of production by means of electronics and it.
At present, we fnd ourselves at the beginning of this fourth stage, which is characterized by so-called “Cyber-Physical Systems” (cps). Tese systems are a consequence of the far-reaching integration of production, sustainability and customer-satisfaction forming the basis of intelligent network systems and processes.
Factory floors are already teeming with Internet “things.” In this context, one can think of microprocessors, which are the brains of digital devices and systems. Tey dovetail smoothly with conventional components, such as i/o odules. But the enormous Internet acceleration of industry comes from the explosive growth of digital devices from other disciplines. Video cameras, rfid readers, tablets, entrance tickets, etc. – all these kinds of Internet devices improve the quality, efciency and security of Fourth Industrial Revolutionproduction and process operations.
http://www.asiapacificmagazine.com/the-fourth-industrial-revolution/
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