Robotics 4.0: Challenges and Opportunities in the 4th Industrial Revolution

Abstract

The robotics industry is one of the new technology fields whose application is constantly evolving and expanding across other industries because of the 4th industrial revolution. The robotics industry began in the 1960s with the creation of industrial robots for manufacturing. Through the years, it has rapidly grown and developed to become immensely diverse; because of this, the application range and demand for robots have also become diverse and complex. In order to meet the challenges faced by the Robotics 4.0 era that has arrived in conjunction with Industry 4.0, it is imperative that the government, as well as related organizations establish a strategy focusing on the value they want to realize through robots in accordance with the changes and advancements in the robotics industry. To this end, this study compared and analyzed major issues currently affecting the robotics industry through network analysis based on news data related to robotics from various media companies. Content analysis was performed on a total of 6 clusters, and robotics-related issues were derived for each cluster. In addition, a new research direction for the field was presented based on current robotics-related research, trends, and major issues of the robotics industry obtained through analyses.