Introduction to smart factories, a new big wave in manufacturing

Electronics can be embedded inside machines which are used in factories and can be operated by individuals with ease remotely by letting connected machines and computers to monitor the manufacturing in real time. Although manufacturing industry was using proprietary technologies to connect machines and also make them smarter. The new Internet of things (IOT) is really giving a huge push to this trend by making it more like a standardised way of connecting systems, things and machines. A smart machine has embedded with intelligence electronics and uses machine to machine communication technology. It includes robots, self-driving cars and other cognitive computing systems that are able to make decisions and solve problems without human intervention. Smart machines fully utilize technologies such as cloud computing, big data, robotics and Internet of Things. There are four components that make a machine smart: Intelligent — Capable of operating autonomously Secure — Able to avoid and correct processing errors Managed — Can learn and anticipate future events Connected — Interacts with other machines and systems. In a world of connected machines products and people processing and distributing information in real time and taking decision by themselves or in a group makes up the smart factory. Smart factory includes systems such as cyber-physical technologies,...