Despite being associated with the 18th and 19th centuries, the Industrial Revolution still lives on to this day.
尽管与18世纪和19世纪有关，工业革命至今仍然存在。
An analysis of different industries across the globe reveals that the transformation of social and economic dimensions of societies through mechanisation still persists to date. In this regard, unlike the past Industrial Revolution that focused on mass production of identical products, the modern Industrial Revolution has witnessed advancement in technology and as such, created a platform for mass customisation of products. While the industrialist Henry Ford’s assembly line could easily mass produce cars of the same colour with ease, the modern assembly lines in different industries are capable of producing products that match the needs of individual consumers on the market.
对全球不同行业的分析表明，迄今为止，通过机械化实现的社会和经济层面的变革依然存在。在这方面，与过去专注于大规模生产相同产品的工业革命不同，现代工业革命见证了技术进步，并因此创造了大规模定制产品的平台。虽然实业家亨利·福特的装配线可以轻松批量生产相同颜色的汽车，但不同行业的现代装配线能够生产出符合市场上个别消费者需求的产品。
Another element of Industrial Revolution that is evident in modern society is the use of machines. During the 18th and 19th centuries, mechanisation of production processes played an instrumental role in promoting social and economic transformation of these societies. Whereas the use of machines is still a core backbone upon which the modern economy thrives, it is necessary to point out that the modern Industrial Revolution is founded on intelligent or smart technology that is built upon aspects such as artificial intelligence. Therefore, while in the past human beings played a critical role in monitoring different sections of the assembly line, the modern assembly lines depend almost entirely on monitoring and control by robots and computer systems.
工业革命的另一个要素是机器的使用，这在现代社会是显而易见的。在18和19世纪，生产过程的机械化在促进这些社会的社会和经济转型方面发挥了重要作用。尽管机器的使用仍然是现代经济繁荣的核心支柱，但有必要指出，现代工业革命是建立在智能或智能技术基础上的，而智能或智能技术是建立在人工智能等方面的基础上的。因此，尽管在过去，人类在监控装配线的不同部分方面发挥着关键作用，但现代装配线几乎完全依赖于机器人和计算机系统的监控。