Robotics and Intelligent Automation: The New Industrial Era

Intelligent automation combines AI, machine learning, and physical robots that perceive, decide, and adapt in real time instead of following a fixed script. It is transforming manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, and food processing, and by 2024 there were already more than 4.6 million industrial robots active worldwide, per the IFR.

March 18, 2023 5 min 180 4.5

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Industry 4.0: The Digital Industrial Revolution

Industry 4.0 is the Fourth Industrial Revolution: the convergence of IoT, artificial intelligence, big data, advanced robotics, and cybersecurity that connects factories to digital networks. The goal is the smart factory, able to adjust its production in real time from the data it collects, gaining productivity, quality, and energy efficiency.

February 11, 2023 5 min 178 4.5