Industrie 4.0 is Siemens moniker for the fourth industrial revolution, where the real world and the digital (or virtual) worlds collide. Linking people, things, and machines together and forming completely new manufacturing environments is the future of manufacturing.
A Simatic S7-1500 controller controls
the Kuka robot using the TIA Portal library.
Chocolat Frey, a chocolate factory in Switzerland is a prime example of what Industrie 4.0 can look like. Orders placed on Twitter, then fulfilled, personalized and shipped without human intervention. To learn more about what Industrie 4.0 can look like and how it can be applied, click the article link below.
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