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Germany develops 'smart factories' to keep an edge
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 9:27
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Germany is building completely automated “smart factories” that require no human workers.
AMBERG, Germany–The next front in Germany's effort to keep up with the digital revolution lies in a factory in this sleepy industrial town.
At stake isn't what the Siemens AG plant produces–in this case, automated machines to be used in other industrial factories–but how its 1,000 manufacturing units communicate through the Web.
As a result, most units in this 100,000-plus square-foot factory are able to fetch and assemble components without further human input …. http://www.marketwatch.com
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2014/10/germany-develops-smart-factories-to.html
