The Industrial Revolution begins. Mechanization of manufacturing with the introduction of steam and water power
Industry 2.0
Mass production assembly lines using electrical power
1900 Industry 3.0
Automated production using electronics, programmable logic controllers (PLC), IT systems and robotics
2000 Industry 4.0
The 'Smart Factory'. Autonomous decision making of cyber physical systems using machine learning and Big Data analysis. Interoperability through loT and cloud technology .