In the past few thousand years, mankind has experienced the steam technology revolution represented by the internal combustion engine, the electrical technology revolution represented by the electric motor, and the information technology revolution represented by the Internet.
The development of science and technology is like a river that never stops running wildly, singing all the way, all the way forward. In the past 300 years, civilization has developed rapidly and people’s lives have changed with each passing day. Compared with the past, human life style has undergone earth-shaking changes.
Some time ago, the word “industrial machine” suddenly came into the eyes of investors, and after the concept emerged, it attracted wide attention from investors. In fact, this is also inseparable from the trend of the times.
The development of industry represents the development of human society. With the emergence of many concepts about “new industry”, the words “industry 1.0, industry 2.0, industry 3.0, industry 4.0” and other words once again hit the public, making people inevitably foggy. The feeling of looking at the flowers.
Germany put forward the concept of Industry 4.0 last year. They believe that the industry that introduced machinery manufacturing equipment in the 18th century was the 1.0 era, the electrification and automation in the early 20th century was the 2.0 era, and the informatization that began in the 1970s was the 3.0 era. It is now entering the industry 4.0 era, that is, the physical world and the physical world. The era of convergence of the virtual network world.
So, how did Industry 1.0 evolve into Industry 4.0? How to understand these related concepts?
Industry 1.0: “Steam” drives development
From the 1860s to the first half of the 19th century, the British cotton textile industry first organized a reform movement to replace manual labor with large-scale machine production. Since then, industrialization changes have entered human vision for the first time.
With the opening of new air routes, Britain actively carried out colonial expansion and seized large colonies all over the world. However, the labor model of colonial plundering of handicraft factories could not meet the needs of the market.
In 1765, the weaver Hargreaves invented the “Jenny Textile Machine”, which opened the prelude to the industrial revolution.
The technological revolution needs to provide power support. The steam engine becomes very important at this time. The improvement of the steam engine promotes the popularization of the machine and the establishment of the large factory system. As a result, the factory system replaced the manual factory, and many tasks that were previously dependent on manpower and manual work were replaced by mechanized production after the invention of the steam engine.
This huge revolution in the history of technology ushered in the era of replacing handwork with machines and further promoted the rise of modern urbanization.
Industry 2.0: “Electricity Penetration” Era
From the second half of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, with the development and progress of technology, simple mechanized production obviously could not satisfy the human beings who had just tasted the sweetness of the industrial revolution.
As a result, science began to play its more important role and guided the emergence of the second industrial revolution.
In 1866, Germany’s Siemens proposed the working principle of the generator and completed the first self-excited DC generator in mankind.
Immediately, the invention of generators and internal combustion engines was widely cited. With enough power, the machine is no longer a long and slow big thing. Various vehicles such as airplanes and cars have developed rapidly, and the industry has become diversified.
Human thoughts are very active, and communication devices such as telephones were soon invented, and information exchange became simple and fast, which also laid the foundation for the next third industrial revolution.
Industry 3.0: “Human Machine Collaboration”
In the second half of the 20th century, after the Second World War, with the widespread use of electronics and information technology, the manufacturing process was continuously automated, and the field of science and technology in the history of human civilization made another major leap.
In 1957, the Soviet Union launched the world’s first artificial satellite, creating a new technology for the development of space technology.
The third industrial revolution was marked by the inventions and applications of atomic energy, electronic computers, space technology, and bioengineering, and led to a revolution in information control technology in many fields. Various products and technologies with high technological content have made significant progress. .
With the continuous advancement of science and technology, major changes have taken place in all aspects of human daily life such as clothing, food, housing, transportation, and use.
A variety of robots have appeared in the production of industry, and high-risk and complex procedures can be replaced by robots, and economic benefits can be generated.
Microcomputers promoted the birth of the global Internet and shortened the distance between people.
Industry 4.0: “Internet of Everything”
In the late 20th century, in July 2010, the German government passed the “High-Tech Strategy 2020”, which identified industry as one of the ten future projects. The combination of industrial production will finally realize the intelligent production of the factory, allowing the factory to directly connect with consumer demand.
The emergence of the German Industry 4.0 concept has triggered a wave of innovation in the global industrial field.
Industry 4.0 is the fourth industrial revolution led by intelligent manufacturing. The factory integrates production equipment, wireless signal connections and sensors into an ecosystem platform that can supervise the entire production line process and execute decisions autonomously. The system utilizes cyber-physical systems, Internet of Things, Industrial Internet of Things, cloud computing, cognitive computing and artificial intelligence.
Industry 4.0 aims to connect all people, things, and things to form the “Internet of Everything”. The Internet of Things technology and big data bear the core technical support in Industry 4.0, and more and more robots will replace humans, or even completely replace them, to realize “unmanned factories”.
This “big network” is filled with people’s vision for the future of industry. The fourth industrial revolution is based on the Cyber-Physical Convergence System (CPS), and is marked by highly digitalized, networked, and self-organized production.
Summarize
Towards Industry 4.0, this is the inevitable trend of the development of the times.
The essence of Industry 4.0 is the process of pursuing the optimization of industrial manufacturing systems. It is also a process of continuous integration of automation and information technology, and it is a process of redefining the world with software.
Entering the industrial Internet era, with the release of various policy good news, this is great news for manufacturing companies, Internet companies, start-ups, software companies, and system solution service providers.
In order to promote the development of the Industrial Internet towards a healthy and stable path in the future, the joint efforts of enterprises in the industrial chain are inseparable. This requires traditional enterprises to keep up with the torrent of the times and quickly seize the opportunity to achieve transformation and upgrading in the changing of times. It is foreseeable that on the industrial Internet track, more giants and unicorns are expected to be born in the future, and people’s lifestyles will also undergo tremendous changes.
