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Automation (including roboticization, industrial automation and numerical control), is the use of control systems such as computers to control industrial machinery and processes, replacing human operators. In the scope of industrialization, it is a step beyond mechanization. Whereas mechanization provided human operators with machinery to assist them with the physical requirements of work, automation greatly reduces the need for human sensory and mental requirements as well. Basic topics in automation include:
[edit] Nature of automation
- Main article: Automation
[edit] Branches of automation
[edit] History of automation
- Main article: History of automation
[edit] Basic automation concepts
[edit] Automation scholars
[edit] Leaders in automation
[edit] Automation lists
- Main article: List of automation topics
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