Automation belongs to the discipline of control science and engineering.
Professional introduction:
Automation (Automation) refers to the machine, equipment, system, or process (production, management process) in the absence of human or less direct human involvement, in accordance with the requirements of the human being, after the automatic detection, information processing, analysis, judgment, manipulation and control, to achieve the expected goal of the process.
Automation technology is widely used in industry, agriculture, military, scientific research, transportation, commerce, medical care, service and family.
The use of automation technology can not only liberate people from heavy physical labor, part of the mental labor and harsh, dangerous working environment, but also expand the function of human organs, greatly improve labor productivity, enhance the ability of human beings to understand the world and transform the world. Therefore, automation is the industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology modernization of the important conditions and significant signs.
Introduction of the concept:
The concept of automation is a dynamic development process. In the past, the understanding of automation or the functional goal of automation is to replace the human operation with the mechanical action to automatically complete a specific operation.
This is essentially the view that automation replaces human manual labor. Later, with the development of electronic and information technology, especially with the emergence and wide application of computers, the concept of automation has been expanded to use machines (including computers) not only to replace human physical labor but also to replace or assist the mental labor, in order to automatically complete a specific job.
The broad connotation of automation includes at least the following points: in the form of manufacturing automation has three meanings: instead of human physical labor, instead of or to assist human mental labor, the manufacturing system of man-machine and the whole system of coordination, management, control and optimization.
In terms of function, automation replaces human physical or mental labor is only part of the automation functional goal system. The functional objectives of automation is multi-faceted, has formed an organic system. In terms of scope, manufacturing automation is not only related to the specific manufacturing process, but involves all the processes of the product life cycle.