Phases of industrial automation, 1950-2050
accuracy. By processing terabytes of data generated every hour from thousands of sensors in industrial processes, far more than can be processed by simple systems or by onsite Once established, these domain models can bring industries into a new and more adaptive phase of automation. Tools that self-correct in real time now allow for the automation of complex tasks that were previously impossible. For example, light industries are increasingly already support electrification by optimising participation in electricity markets, but domain flexible and inflexible onsite processes and respond to unexpected events when they occur. This adaptivity can make industries more resilient, more efficient in their use of energy, materials and labour, and ultimately more competitive. Note: Industrial energy productivity is the ratio of industrial value added to industrial energy demand, shown here for advanced economies indexed to 1960. differentiators of industrial competitiveness across regions, especially in industries with high technological precision and extensive material processing. For instance, about half of the