INDUSTRY 4.

0: FORTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

(Wg Cdr AK Yadav)

1. The Fourth Industrial Revolution (or Industry 4.0/Smart factory) is the ongoing
transformation of traditional manufacturing and industrial practices combined with the latest
smart technology. This primarily focuses on the use of large-scale machine-to-machine
communication (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) deployments to provide increased
automation, improved communication and self-monitoring, as well as smart machines that
can analyze and diagnose issues without the need for human intervention.

2. The fourth industrial revolution consists of contributing digital technologies like

Internet of Things (IoT) platforms, advanced human-machine interfaces, 3D printing, Big
analytics and advanced processes, Multilevel customer interaction and customer profiling,
Augmented reality/ wearables and Data visualization and triggered "live" training etc.

3. Mainly these technologies can be summarized into four major components, defining
the term “Industry 4.0” or “smart factory” that are Cyber-physical systems, IoT (Internet of
things), On-demand availability of computer system resources and Cognitive computing.

4. In essence, the fourth industrial revolution is the trend towards automation and data
exchange in manufacturing technologies and processes which include cyber-physical systems
(CPS), the internet of things (IoT), industrial internet of things (IIOT), cloud computing,
cognitive computing and artificial intelligence.

(a) Smart factory. The fourth industrial revolution fosters a concept called
"smart factory". Within modular structured smart factories, cyber-physical systems
monitor physical processes, create a virtual copy of the physical world and make
decentralized decisions.

(b) Predictive maintenance. Industry 4.0 provides predictive maintenance, by

using technology and the IoT sensors. Predictive maintenance can identify
maintenance issues in live and allows machine owners to perform cost-effective
maintenance and determine it ahead of time before the machinery fails or is damaged.

(c) Smart sensors. Smart sensors are devices, which generate the data and
allow further functionality from self-monitoring and self-configuration to condition
monitoring of complex processes. With the capability of wireless communication,
they reduce installation effort largely and help realize a dense array of sensor.

(Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Industrial_Revolution)