Open AccessIs COVID-19 pushing us to the Fifth Industrial Revolution (Society 5.0)?
Author(s) -
Zouina Sarfraz,
Azza Sarfraz,
Hamza Mohammad Iftikar,
Ramsha Akhund
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pakistan journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1682-024X
pISSN - 1681-715X
DOI - 10.12669/pjms.37.2.3387
Subject(s) - license , covid-19 , industrial revolution , pandemic , big data , health care , information society , industrial society , artificial intelligence , medicine , computer science , political science , law , disease , economy , virology , pathology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , operating system
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may further promote the development of Industry 4.0 leading to the fifth industrial revolution (Society 5.0). Industry 4.0 technology such as Big Data (BD) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) may lead to a personalized system of healthcare in Pakistan. The final bridge between humans and machines is Society 5.0, also known as the super-smart society that employs AI in healthcare manufacturing and logistics. In this communication, we review various Industry 4.0 and Society 5.0 technologies including robotics and AI being inspected to control the rate of transmission of COVID-19 globally. We demonstrate the applicability of advanced information technologies including AI, BD, and Information of Technology (IoT) to healthcare. Lastly, we discuss the evolution of Industry 4.0 to Society 5.0 given the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in accordance with the technological strategies being considered and employed.