Manipur, Oct. 20 -- Human society, and its associated sectors such as home, workplace, agriculture, education, industry, energy and transportation are going to undergo a sea-change by the year 2050 and beyond. In this column, let's peep into the disruptive changes that are projected to occur in the industry sector. The set of transformations that is likely to take place has been referred to as the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR).
4IR involves a fusion (integration) of technologies which have blurred the demarcations between the physical, digital. and biological spheres. These integrated systems are known as cyber-physical systems (CPSs), empowered by breakthroughs in several fields such as robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), biotech...