Review Article

Exponential Disruptive Technologies and the Required Skills of Industry 4.0

Table 4

Paradigm shift in industry, education, and operator.

Industrial revolutionEducation (r)evolution (methods)Operator (r)evolution (techniques)

Industry 1.0Education 1.0 (dictation and direct transfer of information)Operator 1.0 (manual and dextrous work) (machine tools)
Industry 2.0Education 2.0 (progressivism and openness to internet)Operator 2.0 (assisted work with CNC)1
Industry 3.0Education 3.0 (knowledge production and co-constructivism)Operator 3.0 (cooperative work with robot)
Industry 4.0Education 4.0 (innovation production and classroom replacement)Operator 4.0 (work aided by human-CPS)2

1CNC: computer numerical control and 2CPS: cyber physical system. Modified from [219, 221ā€“224].