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Introducing 'Operator 4.0,' a tech-augmented human worker

  • Written by Thorsten Wuest, Assistant Professor & J. Wayne and Kathy Richards Faculty Fellow in Engineering, West Virginia University
imageTechnology can help workers in many ways.Romero, Stahre, Wuest, et al., CC BY-ND

The Fourth Industrial Revolution has arrived. The first was the steam engine-driven Industrial Revolution; the second involved the innovations from Henry Ford’s assembly line. Third, microelectronics and computer power appeared on factory floors. Now,...

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