Mobility 4.0 The Early Trends
Published on : Friday 01-02-2019
It is technology that drives the world and helps some countries maintain their edge over others.
The waves of inventions and discoveries unleashed by the Industrial Revolution helped perpetuate the growth and expansion of the imperial powers of Europe. The mechanisation of factories led to a huge spurt in productivity and led to the need of sourcing raw materials from the colonies. The increased production in turn found ready market in the colonies for finished products. It was an unequal battle then in the absence of knowledge sharing and the imbalance continued till it led to the two great wars and brought an end to colonialism. Today, the Fourth Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0 offers equal opportunities to all countries, powered as it is by the Internet. The world, as Thomas Friedman famously observed, is flat as the competitive playing field between industrial and emerging market countries is continuously levelling. However, technologies are still guarded zealously in order to maintain the edge. But even here, China has managed to break through regulations and well protected vaults and managed to stay competitive, aided in no small measure by technology. China, Japan and the ‘Tiger’ economies of Asia have demonstrated how successful integration of technology brings economic prosperity. Not just China and Japan, but even a small country like Taiwan has used technology to prosper and become an export power house, thanks to its manufacturing prowess in machine tools, electronics and automation products.
Industrial Automation was recently invited for the Press Preview of Hannover Messe 2019 (April 1-5, 2019, Hannover Fair Grounds, Germany). The event had a presentation as well as over 30 companies offering a sneak preview of what to expect at the show in early April. This is not about the technologies on display but the fact that these are available to every business – big or small. Mr Jürgen von Hollen, President – Universal Robots – the company that introduced the first collaborative robot, made an interesting observation during his presentation. “UR was founded on the principle that large companies have significant advantage over SMEs in terms of capital, engineers and resources. So one of the things we focus on is bringing technologies to the SMEs,” he said. Jürgen von Hollen also believes that Hannover Messe brings technologies to the SMEs and empowers them to compete with their larger counterparts.
As India has seriously embarked on the process of raising its manufacturing output, it is essential that Indian companies embrace technology with gusto. Trade fairs present an important platform for learning and adapting new technologies. What Hannover Messe is to the world, Automation Expo is to India – bringing the latest technologies to the user industries. This editorial is from the magazine for the month of feb 2020 to here from the experts & industry proffessionals subscribe now by visiting this link.(https://www.industrialautomationindia.in/subscription)
