“This is really an exciting time for Industry 4.0 to happen,” Leong said.
Beyond the automation of single machines and processes, Industry 4.0 (also known as the fourth wave of industrialization) is the Internet of Things that digitizes and integrates complete chain processes, and grants autonomy to robotics.
“We are able to connect the digital world now better with the robotics world… in the past, where you have automation running by [itself], [the robotics] are not really plugged into your back-end software, your tracking systems.”
“But now everything can be plugged in and gelled together,” Leong said, citing the integration capabilities of SESTO Robotics’ AGVs.
