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One of the hottest, most important ideas in decades is the concept now known as Industry 4.0. This is not a new concept, but is a continuation of the advancement of technology to support product manufacturing. It demarcates one of those times when technology and society is beginning to intersect to change the way we […]
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Industry 4.0 is a name for the current trend of automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies. It is also know as the Smart Factory or “Lights-out Manufacturing”. It includes cyber-physical systems, the Internet of things, cloud computing[1[2][3][4] and cognitive computing. Artificial Intelligence (AI) plays a large role in executing the smart factory as do industrial robots and autonomous mobile robots, which are […]
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The hottest trend in dining today is the automated restaurant. Every aspect of restaurant services are under review for updating and streamlining, mostly through automation. The reason for this is the confluence of several current trends. The trends are: 1. The reduction in cost of robots to do specific tasks. 2. The knowledge of robot […]
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Some types of “artisan” bread, for example Italian bread loaves, are first proofed in an oven to cause the dough to rise and then are “scored” on top to create a split in the dough that when baked adds a pleasing crunchiness to the bread. Scoring has been done by a baker with a knife, […]
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