"Technology Innovation Pillars for Industry 4.0: Challenges, Improvements, and Case Studies discusses the latest innovations in the application of technologies to Industry 4.0 and the nine pillars and how they relate, support, and bridge the gap between the digital and physical worlds we now live in. This reference book provides a great resource for undergraduate and graduate students, industrial and manufacturing engineers, and engineers of related disciplines along with business professionals explaining what the nine pillars are and how they relate to Industry 4.0 and smart factories"--