industrial automation
Mechanized manufacturing processes
Industrial automation is the use of machines, control systems, and technology to perform manufacturing or industrial processes with minimal human intervention.
It encompasses robots, programmable controllers, and computer systems that handle tasks from assembly to quality control.
The factory invested heavily in industrial automation to increase output.
The term often appears in discussions of workforce displacement and economic efficiency.
- sensorsDevices that detect input
- roboticsAutomaton design field
- robot armMotorized jointed appendage
- actuatorsMovement-producing mechanisms
- artificial intelligenceMachines mimicking human thought
control systems · machine learning · manufacturing · CNC machines · PLC · computer vision · mechatronics · digital twin · conveyor belts · simulation software · cost reduction · supply chain · servo motors · embedded systems · production · factory · mass production · welding
- electrical systemswiring, circuits, voltage, transformers, electricity
- critical systemsavionics, flight control, pacemakers, life support, nuclear reactors
- job automationjob loss, factory robots, machine learning, robotics, robots
- Smart Technologysmart cities, smart home, smart homes, smart grid, smart grids
- industrial engineeringproduction planning, capacity planning, throughput, cycle time, assembly lines
- embedded systemsmicrocontroller, microcontrollers, firmware, embedded systems, bare metal
industrial automationmanual labor
Work done bodily
handwork · cottage industry · sweatshop labor · hand labor · handicraft
industrial automationhandicraft
Manual skill or product
handmade goods · traditional crafts · folk crafts · home crafts · made-to-order
industrial automationagrarian economy
Agriculture-dominated financial structure
traditional crafts · traditional methods · pre-mechanization · Luddism