Industrial Automation and Its Impact on Manufacturing Industries
Subha Karumban, Shouvik Sanyal, Madan Mohan Laddunuri, D. S. Vijayan, Vidhya Shanmugam, Vijay Bose, B. N. Mahesh, Ramakrishna Narasimhaiah, Dhanabalan Thangam, Satheesh Pandian Murugan
Abstract
Industries in recent days has been facing several issues including a dearth of labor, moribund joblessness rates, and towering labor turnover. This is projected to increase further in the upcoming days with the rise of the aged population. All these challenges can be addressed by the technology called industry automation. But there is an acuity that industrial automation will lead to job losses. However, in ingenious automation technology, lots of positive outputs can be achieved such as higher productivity and enhancement in yield. The role of automation in health and safety is awesome, but the brunt of this technology on jobs and efficiency worldwide has not been studied fully. In addition, automation technology safeguards the workers from highly dangerous work zones such as mines, space research, and underwater research. Thus, industrial automation is ready to serve humankind and business in various ways. This has been explained in this chapter.