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List of basic automation topics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search For a more comprehensive list, see the List of automation topics. 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 outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to automation:

Automation portal Contents [hide] 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

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