What is industry 4.0?

20 December, 2018

It’s the fourth revolution in how we work. First came steam, then electricity and mass production, and then computers and automation. With Industry 4.0, computers work directly with automation, so it’s not really new technology. It’s a new approach.

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Inter-connectivity of devices

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