Earlier this summer, in one of our regular online polls, we asked for your thoughts on Industry 4.0: the much-hyped grand industrial vision that many claim will reshape the factory of the future. The response doesn't exactly constitute a huge vote of confidence, with just 13 per cent of voters admitting to knowing anything about it, and almost half (47 per cent) claiming they haven't even heard of it. Given the conversations we've had with people over the past year or so, this response is hardly surprising and doesn't really tell us anything we didn't know already. However, it does provide a neat illustration of the fact that, despite the hype, no one has done a particularly good job of explaining what exactly Industry 4.0 is.
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