Talk:Automation
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[edit] Ongoing revisions.=
As presently written, the article is POV-heavy and needs better sourcing... It would also help to discuss industrial automation as it's viewed as a field of engineering, in addition to social analysis. I've made a few revisions to start. 128.32.192.90 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 22:33, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Whoa, "But, after the railroads were built"... what, they're done? Maury 23:00, 11 Jan 2004 (UTC) i wan to learn more.
[edit] Japan Robot Junkyards
I would like to know more about the "World Famous Japan Robot Junkyards" there are no references to this thing on the web
- Mjan— I, too, didn't find much on the web. But you have to remember this was about 20 years ago; it may not have made it onto the web. (I have modified the statement.)
- Best I could do was http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_12/b3724007.htm
- If you are Japanese and located in Japan, perhaps you could research this.
⇒ normxxx| talk ⇒ email 15:45, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] history section
this article has a very long introduction. this part of an article is generally a brief description of the topic, not a history. it seems like most of this information could be a separate section called "history" or something to that extent. im going to create this section and move some of this information there. Twelvethirteen 03:25, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Automation is NOT limited to production
Automation is an economic and socially VERY disruptive technology. We stand in the foothills of the Third Industrial Revolution as well as some other similar revolutions connected to automation.
The article here is preoccupied with production -- which, of course, will always be a highly important application. However, the application most visible to the public -- and soon -- will be the automation of the automobile/truck and the automation of the soldier and heavy weapons.
Islamists/Jihadists -- BEWARE !!
What is more, automation will eventually impact the role of capital in presently entirely unanticipated ways. The classical analyses of the role of capital in society will become mostly irrelevant -- and worse, misleading. The costs of production will implacably tend toward zero along with the value and cost of capital.
Marx and Lenin will be rolling in their graves with lots of company from the opposing "capitalist" contingents.
Times are a' changing !! -- But no one seems to notice. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.157.179.234 (talk) 09:14, 22 February 2007 (UTC).
WHOA!!! If this is the third industrial revolution these posters didn't learn much from the first 2. The cost of robotic production does NOT tend towards zero. The cost of implementing a new robotic system requires teams of engineers and maintenance technicians. Indeed, each new actuator or material required to develop a new system puts money in the pockets of manufacturers. An easier way to look at it is to think about the car industry. The car industry is just now approaching 100 years old, and it represents billions in revenue and thousands of jobs. Granted, thousands of Farriers, horse stables, buggy companies, and large parts of the railroad industry suffered as a result of cars, but each "threat" to established industries has only evolved into a new more efficient industry....
