The rise of Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things

摘要

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Industry 4.0 are becoming two of the most overused industrial automation buzzwords today. The explosion in domestic Internet of Things (IoT) applications, such as smartphones, wearables and even fridges is a key driver for this, but is there more to it than the surrounding hype, asks Dave Sutton, product marketing manager at Schneider Electric.