(Intel: Santa Clara, CA) -- Irene Petrick is the director of industrial innovation in the Industrial Solutions Division of Intel, and a member of Intel’s Internet of Things Group. Faith McCreary is a principal engineer, experience architect, researcher, and member of Intel’s Internet of Things Group. Petrick and McCreary came to Intel after careers in consulting, research, and academia. After they interviewed employees—from CEOs to factory workers—at 133 manufacturers, they co-authored a research paper on Industry 4.0. One key finding: 59 percent of people in manufacturing want “intelligent” solutions to take on work described as manual or labor-intensive.

How they would describe their work to a 10-year-old: “We imagine the factory of the future that is smart enough to take care of itself most of the time,” McCreary says.

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