Brief History of Industrial Revolutions
Explore how the Fourth Industrial Revolution — from AI to robotics — is reshaping work and daily life.
Last updated 16 June 2026
Future of Work
"Prepare yourself for jobs that don’t yet exist using technologies that haven’t yet been invented to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet".
U. S. Secretary of Education,
Richard W. Riley
A brief history of industrial revolutions
The First Industrial Revolution used water and steam power to mechanize production.
The Second used electric power to create mass production.
The Third used electronics and information technology to automate production.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is the current and developing environment in which disruptive technologies and trends such as the Internet of Things ( IoT), robotics, virtual reality (VR), artificial intelligence (AI), Big Data and data analytics are changing the way we live and work.
