Industry 4.0 - are we seeing it through the lens of the 3rd Industrial Revolution?

摘要

Victoria Montag, Gambica's new sector head for industrial automation, argues that if we are to appreciate the far-reaching benefits of the 4th Industrial Revolution, we need to see more demonstration sites, as well as closer collaboration between the various sectors involved. Industry 4.0 - if you work in manufacturing you are undoubtedly hearing about it repeatedly. There have been so many seminars, debates, forums, exhibitions, conferences, articles - and of course columns - on Industry 4.0 (to which I am now adding), that it almost feels like you would need to retreat into the Amazon rainforest to avoid the subject.