Put simply, Industry 4.0 relates to the increasing use of computers and data within an industrial setting.
We are no strangers of the use of computers in our daily lives; from smartphones to self-scan supermarket checkouts, computers are used seemingly everywhere to make our lives easier.
The same is true for manufacturing – computers aid in:
ø The design of parts,
ø The machining of parts, and
ø Track the entire production process .
Computers introduced the beginning of the third industrial revolution – using computers to help in manufacturing and reducing the need for purely manual production.
Industry 4.0 is merely the next step on that same path, increasing the level of automation in manufacturing by taking advantage of large amounts of data (big data).
