Industry 4.0
    
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The fourth industrial revolution, occurring now, is manufacturing operations digitally transformed to leverage connected data, machines, and people. A connected factory may use Additive Manufacturing (AM), cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Augmented Reality (AR), autonomous robots, big data analytics, cloud computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), Machine Learning (ML), simulation, and technologies not yet invented to reduce waste in their processes.
See Also:
Digital Thread, Digital Twin, Additive Manufacturing, Digital Manufacturing, Industrial Internet of Things, 3D Data, Smart Manufacturing, Digital Metrology
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Siemens - Industry 4.0 is a concept that describes the use of digitalization and networked technology to create the 4th industrial revolution.