The trend of implementation of Industry 4.0 in the function of application of industrial and service robots in production processes

Abstract

It is a well-known fact that the changes on the world industrial and digital scene were named the fourth industrial revolution at the WEF –World Economic Forum (held in Davos in 2016). Almost all developed countries in the world have designed their own programs to implement the fourth industrial revolution. Thus, the German government promotes Industry 4.0 (first appeared at the Hannover Fair in Germany), USA promotes Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition (SMLC), the Japanese government established the Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Japan in 2018, while the Chinese government adopted the strategy ‘’Made in China 2025’’.It is necessary to make a detailed assessment of the fourth industrial revolution in order to raise awareness of its breadth of influence, and increase its application. The current competitiveness that is present in the world is the reason for the rapid implementation of Industry 4.0 in almost all companies in the world. Robotic technology is the core technology of Industry 4.0, and its application accelerates its application. The number of installed units of robots, both industrial and service robots, is increasing every year in the world. The paper presents the analysis of the implementation of both industrial and service robots worldwide, including the trend of implementation of Industry 4.0. The paper provides an analysis of the implementation of robots in the countries that installed the most robots in 2019, as well as the number of robots per 10,000 workers in the manufacturing industry in the same year, based on which we have an insight in the automation process of each country.In the future, the implementation of robotic technology in the industry will increase in order to achieve greater representation of Industry 4.0, making it easier to come up with "smart manufacturing processes" or "smart factories"