Topic outline of automation
- Topic outline of automation
:"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:
Essence of automation
: "Main article: Automation"
* Control systems
* Industrialisation
* Numerical control
* Robotics
Branches of automation
* Autonomous automation
* Home Automation
* Office Automation
History of automation
: "Main article: History of automation"
* History of mass production
* Numerical control
Basic automation concepts
* Artificial intelligence
* Cybernetics
* Machine to Machine
* OPC
* OPC Foundation
* Process control
* Run Book Automation (RBA)
* Robot
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
Automation scholars
Leaders in automation
Automation lists
: "Main article: List of automation topics"
See also
External links
* [http://goldberg.berkeley.edu/t-ase/ IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering]
* [http://isa.org/Template.cfm?Section=Books1&template=/Ecommerce/ProductDisplay.cfm&ProductID=7845 Wireless Networks for Industrial Automation 2nd Edition]
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