siliconindia | | OCTOBER 20229machine design available almost throughout the European market. The hydraulics evolution was fascinating and numerous inventive residential appliances including fountains and fanning mechanisms, commercial appliances, saws, wineries, fabric washing, and wheat mills were also constructed. Steam energy, machine tool industry, and mechanized industries defined the first industrial revolution that started in the UK in the eighteenth century. In specific, weaving patterns and images were introduced for utilization in the punched cards technology. The internal combustion engine, electricity, gas, communication technologies, control systems, and factories with assemble lines driven by electricity were all part of the second industrial revolution that took place in the next century. Innovative mechanisms with a plethora of energy sources and electromechanical devices for automation and industrial process control were utilized for the creation of several new machines with increased capacity and power. The subjects of microelectronics, digital computers, and automation based on programmable controllers were the third industrial revolution catalyst. Mechatronic systems have started to develop from machine systems and the systems are improved in sophistication, efficiency, size, and weight, with quicker control mechanisms, more dependable and adaptable. Fusion among the physical, cyber, and biological worlds, and intelligent automation, are definitions of the current fourth industrial revolution. Conclusion With the inclusion of the subjects such as automation and robotics, labor cost reduces, with advantages of designs improvement, simpler capacity expansion, inventory decrease, consistency in quality, downtime improvement, decreased setup time and transition costs, improved preventive maintenance, extended equipment life, safety increase, easy failure detection and rectification, flexible products, lower energy consumption. Automation engineers are employing a variety of technologies for optimizing, simplifying, and automation manufacturing, mining, power generation, warehousing, and related engineering processes. Robotics and industrial automation are anticipated for embracing by more than 60 percent of businesses as per the World Economic Forum's 2020 study on the Future of Jobs. An estimate by Maximize Industry Research suggests the automated process control market would likely reach or surpass $27 billion by 2027. As per a Global Survey from 2021, automation is being tested by organizations in 70 percent of the world's respondents' countries and it is estimated that $37 trillion will be produced by smart manufacturing by 2025. Moreover, Global Warehouse Automation Market is expected to reach more than $64 billion by 2030, according to research from 2022 Acumen Research and Consulting. Robots help in the achievement of greater accuracy and quality work as well as aid or replace human operators in risky, unpleasant, and boring work. Market Research Future from 2022 projects that the entire robotics market will surpass $214 billion by 2030 as a result of the availability of affordable and energy-efficient robots and help the fields of construction, agriculture, defense, healthcare, infrastructure, retail, leisure and entertainment, and law enforcement with robotics and mechatronics. The inclusion of automation and robotics in engineering courses ensures upcoming engineers become successful in adapting to every modern-day work situation.
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