Enviable roles of manufacturing processes in sustainable fourth industrial revolution A case study of mechatronics
Abstract Industrial productivity in terms of manufacturing processes has witnessed dramatic increments through advances in technology, right with the ascendance of steam power as the driving force in the manufacturing industry heralding the first in Britain in the early 1800s to the introduction of mass production made possible through electrification of factories to replace all other sources of energy previously used and the use of the assembly line in the early 1900s to the automation of manufacturing processes in the 1970s by introducing electronics and information technology. Currently, we are in a time when new digital technology (the Internet of things and cyber physical systems) is on the rise and this is going to be the next revolution in industrial processes commonly called the fourth industrial revolution. This research thereby reviews the enviable roles of manufacturing processes in a sustainable fourth industrial revolution having a deep overview in mechatronics applications.