| | 8 July 2019HIGHERReviewThis decade is witnessing the fastest growth in the field of Automation. The rapid develop-ment and raft advancement of technologies like ubiquitous computing, electronic sensing, in-telligent data processing, mobile computing are the rea-son behind this. Everything from home to workplace is automating. People start living in smart cities for their comfort, safer and happier life surrounded by an ecosys-tem of technologies. Smart Robots, being connected to machines with a wide range of capabilities, are becom-ing an inevitable part of the sustainable and connected intelligence of smart city ecosystems, whether they are smart factories, smart homes, and smart transportation or communication systems. The industrial revolution we are experiencing now is referred to as Industry 4.0, i.e., each and every machine connected to cloud. This has become possible with the advancements of smart manufacturing incorporating ro-botics, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things (IoT), which has enabled a new level of accuracy and pro-ductivity beyond human ability. It is impossible to discuss the future of automation without robots. New generation Robots will play a major role in this automated world. But many people are concern on the issue that robot will significantly hurt the job sector. Therefore, for the new generation, on the verge of joining in the professional course the big question is how to navigate this automa-RISE OF ROBOTICS INDUSTRY - SKILLS FOR THE YEAR 2020 AND BEYOND!By Ankush Ghosh, Asst. Professor, The Neotia UniversityThe Neotia University (TNU) was established in February 2015 vide the West Bengal State Government Act XXIII of 2014. Though TNU is relatively new in its present configuration, it has its antecedents in a 13 year old institution ­ Institute of Technology and Marine Engineering (ITME), a college established in 2002 and affiliated to the then West Bengal University of Technology, which is now known as Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT).IN MY VIEWAnkush Ghosh
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