Digitalization
Intelligentization can be considered as one of the results of the fourth industrial revolution, which has occurred in recent decades with the expansion of new technologies in various fields, including communications, information, production and services. This revolution has made humans able to perform many activities and processes that were previously dependent on human power, automatically and with high accuracy and speed, using intelligent devices and systems.
Intelligence can be implemented in various industrial sectors, including production, supply chain, warehousing, logistics, agriculture, mining, recreational medical services, tourism, etc., and improve the performance and competitiveness of organizations and businesses. In addition, intelligentization can help to solve some important global challenges such as climate change, lack of resources, population growth and increasing needs of people. In this article, we intend to comprehensively examine the intelligentization of industries.
Definition of intelligence
Smarting means using technology and artificial intelligence to automate and optimize various activities and processes. Smartization can play a significant role in simplifying work and increasing people’s well-being by reducing the burden of manpower and operational and computational problems. Therefore, the main goal of intelligentization can be considered to make people’s lives easier.
Smartization can be implemented in various sectors of industry, agriculture, home, hospital, mining, etc. The purpose of intelligentization is usually to increase efficiency, save costs, increase security, intelligent use of data and eliminate human labor, and learning and adaptation are considered one of its main elements.
For example, in a smart factory, all the equipment and devices are connected with each other and can make decisions based on the collected data or do things that help improve quality, reduce time and cost, and reduce errors. To install and operate a smart factory, equipment such as sensors, microcontrollers, communication networks and smart software are needed, which must be used properly.
Smartening is one of the most important events in the field of technology in recent years, which can greatly improve the level of well-being and quality of life. Smartization has many advantages and applications that we will get to know in the next sections.
The history of intelligence
Perhaps the starting point of the formation of intelligence can be considered the invention of the remote control device by Nikola Tesla in 1898. This invention made it possible to control electrical devices remotely and became the basis for creating automatic and intelligent systems. In the following years, with the advances that occurred in various scientific and technical fields, we saw numerous innovations and inventions in the field of intelligence. In general, the evolutionary path of intelligence can be examined during the last century in the following events:
1930s: The idea of the smart home was introduced in science fiction stories such as “The Smart Home” by Albert Robinson (1936).
1960s: Technological advances such as the transistor and integrated circuits paved the way for home automation.
1970s: The first home automation systems such as the X10 were introduced. These systems used power lines to control home appliances and lighting.
1980s: The advent of personal computers and home networks made it possible to remotely control and monitor the home.
1990s: Various companies introduced home automation systems using various technologies such as PLC, Zigbee and Z-Wave.
2000s: The rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) and smartphones took home automation to a new level.
2010s: Voice assistants like Alexa, Google and Siri made interacting with smart homes easier and more natural.
This is just a part of the history of intelligence that shows the growth and development of this concept over time. Intelligence is still progressing and will lead to a bright future full of possibilities for humans.
Benefits of smartening
Intelligence or automation improves efficiency, reduces errors, increases the speed of processes and improves user experience. Also, intelligentization has many benefits for industry, agriculture, home, hospital and daily life of humans. Among its most important advantages, the following can be mentioned:
Higher productivity: Industry intelligence can enable more activities to be done with less energy. For example, a manufacturing industry can produce more products in less time and at the same time reduce its resources. This factor will also make the smartening process cost-effective.
Increasing efficiency: Intelligence makes the production line more efficient. Among the things that can be optimized in this process, we can mention the reduction of idle time of devices and human forces, automatic reporting, better tracking of information and data, rotational replacement, etc.
Increasing the quality of products: One of the most important features and advantages of the fourth generation industry is that it allows each step of the process to be checked with statistical work. In this way, the quality of products increases. By using the obtained data, it is also possible to discover and identify the factors affecting the quality of the products.
Improving customer experience: One of the most important benefits of industrial intelligence is improving customer experience. The fourth generation industry provides opportunities to improve the services provided to customers, as well as increase their quality. For example, automating many processes allows a wide range of problems to be solved as quickly as possible. This factor also changes the opinion of users and customers towards your business and industry.
Cost reduction: Investing in the fourth generation industry requires an initial cost. However, the price paid for this will be totally worth it. After making an industry smart, a wide range of operational costs will be reduced. Undoubtedly, this topic can be useful for any industry.
More opportunities for innovation: due to the fact that after the process of intelligentization, there is no need for manpower to perform repetitive activities, and this factor also provides an opportunity to the manpower of every industry to be more innovative and to be able to use creative methods for Improve different processes to use.
