The Industrial Internet of Things (or IIoT) is a key aspect of Industry 4.0—the fourth wave of innovation in the history of technology. As the trend towards smart factories grows, it is important to ...

GE Aviation in Hooksett, N.H., continues to transform the factory floor of a 2015 expansion it undertook to produce blisks for the LEAP aircraft engine. The only constant in life is change. Those ...

Imagine the day when the packaging machine on the plant floor automatically detects that it needs more materials and it alerts the supplier—ordering and paying for product and scheduling delivery, all ...

Despite housing some 50 robots and 50 people, Tempo Automation’s gleaming connected factory relies on industrial IoT and looks more like a high-tech startup office than a manufacturing plant. As ...

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