Advanced Robotics as the Drive of Innovation: The Role of the Implementation of Advanced Robotics in Industry 4.0

We are witnessing that technological innovations are continuously increasing on annual basis. Major changes are taking place in all industrial branches, new business methods are being introduced, and the existing production processes are being transformed into flexible ones. All these changes are happening due to the implementation of technological innovations that bring advanced technologies such as: advanced robotics, Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, computing in the ''cloud" (Cloud Computing), 3D Printing, Smart Sensors, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Virtual and Augmented Reality (AR), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Advanced Security Systems, etc. We are currently in the fourth industrial revolution and Industry 4.0, which is still being debated today with the aim of increasing decision-makers' awareness of its implementation and its multiple impact on increasing competitiveness. The paper describes only one of the basic technologies of Industry 4.0, i.e., advanced robotics, with the aim of educating the world about advanced robotics and its possibilities. The implementation of advanced robotics and the demand for it is expected to have a growing trend in the coming years. Advanced robotic technology is supported by the aforementioned Industry 4.0 technologies, which are implemented in production processes with the aim of obtaining simplified production processes, as well as the procurement and logistics chain. The paper analyzes the trend of applied and approved patents in advanced technology, the trend of demand for advanced robotics on the global market, its role in production processes, as well as the presentation of positive examples of the implementation of advanced robotics.