List of basic automation topics

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Automation (including roboticization, industrial automation and computer 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.

The following list of topics is provided as an overview of and introduction to automation:

Contents 1 Essence of automation 2 Branches of automation 3 History of automation 4 Basic automation concepts 4.1 Automation Tools 5 Automation scholars 6 Leaders in automation 7 Automation lists 8 See also 9 External links

[edit] Essence of automation

Main article: Automation

• Control systems
• Industrialisation
• Numerical control
• Robotics

[edit] Branches of automation

• Autonomous automation
• Home Automation
• Office Automation

[edit] History of automation

Main article: History of automation

• History of mass production
• Numerical control

[edit] Basic automation concepts

• Artificial intelligence
• Cybernetics
• Machine to Machine
• OPC
• OPC Foundation
• Process control
• Run Book Automation (RBA)
• Robot

[edit] Automation Tools

• ANN - Artificial neural network
• DCS - Distributed Control System
• HMI - Human Machine Interface
• LIMS - Laboratory Information Management System
• MES - Manufacturing Execution System
• PAC - Programmable automation controller
• PLC - Programmable Logic Controller
• SCADA - Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
• Simulation

[edit] Automation scholars

[edit] Leaders in automation

[edit] Automation lists

Main article: List of automation topics

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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• IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
• Wireless Networks for Industrial Automation 2nd Edition

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