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What is “Lights-Out” Manufacturing?

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Lights-out manufacturing — sometimes also called the dark factory, or dark manufacturing — refers to the idea of fully automated production without the on-site presence or intervention of human workers, with the name derived from the assumption that automated equipment does not need the lights on in order to operate.

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Industry 5.0: The Next Era of Industrial Processes

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incorporated steam- and water-powered machines to replace human labor and achieve production results that would either be impossible otherwise, or prohibitively time- and labor-intensive. Building on the promising advances of Industry 4.0 — data, analytics, and connectivity — Industry 5.0 Industry 5.0 Industry 5.0 Industry 1.0: