The Internet of Things is reconstructing the entire industrial production system: "Industry 4.0" will establish a network system with full interaction between things and Internet services, which can affect all industrial productive equipment in real time. People and equipment, between equipment, between equipment and products, and even between products and customers/management/goods flow can be connected and communicated spontaneously, and automatically adjusted to the optimal solution, so as to build an industrial production system with high flexibility, personalization, and maximum efficiency by using the least resources.

The transformation of industrial automation to intelligent manufacturing and the trend of industry differentiation are sufficient

The rapid development of industrial Internet of Things has broad prospects. In recent years, Internet of Things technology has been applied to the production processes of various industries and the industrial structure adjustment of manufacturing, promoting the improvement of energy conservation and emission reduction, improving production efficiency, and enhancing production benefits of various industrial enterprises. Therefore, the application prospects of the Internet of Things in industrial automation are extremely broad, and the application of this technology has become a hot topic in the application field.

Machine vision technology promotes the transformation of automation equipment: In terms of machine vision technology, it includes hardware, configuration software, image processing, size measurement, defect detection, pattern recognition, image fusion, target tracking, and three-dimensional reconstruction theory. The information obtained by human eyes accounts for 75-80% of the total information of human facial features. In the era of intelligence, machine vision plays an equally important role in machine intelligence and is indispensable in Industry 4.0.

Intelligent manufacturing is an innovative high-tech production method that not only replaces machines with humans and reduces manufacturing costs, but also provides efficient production methods for small batches, multiple varieties, personalized, and customized innovative products. Intelligent manufacturing must be based on data and meet the requirements of customers and managers for transparency and visualization. The intelligence of machine devices means a widely connected network of machine devices with intelligent algorithms for data sharing, which will drive the creation of new business models in intelligent manufacturing.

The core of intelligent manufacturing is information technology: information technology has a profound impact on the manufacturing industry in many aspects, and it is the development of the new generation of information technology applications that has given birth to intelligent manufacturing. Therefore, establishing a complete and fully integrated information system is the fundamental symbol of achieving intelligent manufacturing. The essence of intelligent manufacturing is to implement intelligent factories based on information physical systems, and the essence is to achieve dynamic configuration of production methods. The key is the application of network information technology and intelligent equipment, and the function is to adapt to the needs of personalized customization and service-oriented manufacturing in the era.

The development focus and path of intelligent manufacturing: Industrial automation includes control systems, industrial information technology, machine vision, lasers, robots, testing and measurement systems, and other parts. It is the technological foundation for industrial transformation towards intelligent manufacturing. Intelligent manufacturing will be promoted by automated intelligent production lines, digital workshops, digital factories, and digital enterprises in sequence. The key areas include lasers, electronic tags, optoelectronic devices, sensing, execution, servo, control systems, CNC machine tools, vision systems, industrial robots, laser processing, 3D printing systems, intelligent process equipment, material transportation and warehousing equipment, remote monitoring and control systems. The development of various sub industries is gradually becoming a wildfire.