India, Sept. 22 -- The fast development of computing technologies, communications and artificial intelligence is changing the interaction of the machine with the physical world. Where once we had only simple Internet of Things (IoT) devices for sensing and monitoring, now we have intelligent and connected devices that can sense, process data, make decisions and take proper actions. The revolution is most evident in the industry, where the combination of IoT, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and cyber-physical systems leads to creation of smart factories.

Embedded systems are at the core of this revolution. An IoT device is not a mere sensor coupled to the internet, it is an embedded computing system that consists of the sensor, pro...