Automation
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The document outlines Vivek Sharma's profile and his insights on automation, emphasizing its importance in reducing human error, increasing efficiency, and enhancing productivity across various industries. It discusses different types of automation—fixed, programmable, and flexible—and provides examples of automation applications in sectors such as food retail and surveillance. The document also highlights future trends in automation, particularly in artificial intelligence and intelligent transport systems.
Automation
- 1. Name: Vivek Sharma E-mail: viveksharma9413@gmail.com Twitter Id: vivek_BPS University: Savtribai Phule Pune University Year/Semester: (6th Sem) Branch: IT Automation
- 2. Introduction Automation is a technique of making an apparatus, a process, or a system operate automatically. The creation and application of technology to monitor and control the production and delivery of products and services. IT automation is the linking of disparate systems and software in such a way that they become self-acting or self-regulating. Automation concept came into picture to reduce the dependency on human beings who tend to commit mistakes, Automations speeds up the process as everything is mechanized and provides reliability and consistency of output. Without automation systems, cost-efficient operation of today’s plants would be inconceivable. TYPES OF AUTOMATION:- Fixed automation Programmable automation
- 3. Fixed automation : Refers to an automated production facility in which the sequence of processing operations is fixed by the equipment configuration. characterized by high initial investment and high production rates suitable for products that are made in large volumes. Eg: automatic assembly machines Programmable automation : The products are made in batch quantities. For each new batch, the production equipment must be reprogrammed and changed over to accommodate the new product style. Production rates in programmable automation are generally lower than in fixed automation Eg: A numerical-control machine tool Flexible automation: extension of programmable automation the variety of products is sufficiently limited so that the changeover of the equipment can be done very quickly and automatically. reprogramming of the equipment is done off-line no need to group identical products into batches; instead, a mixture of different products can be produced one right after
- 4. Trends Scientists are using artificial vision technology to detect rotten oranges, and sort citrus fruit by quality The food retail industry has started to apply automation to the ordering process; McDonald's has introduced touch screen ordering and payment systems in many of its restaurants, reducing the need for as many cashier employees. Self checkout systems reducing the need for employing checkout workers. Automated video surveillance Automated waste collection trucks prevent the need for as many workers as well as easing the level of labor required to provide the service Home Automation
- 5. Future Trends Artificial intelligence and home automation have better scope for the next five years. Human Computer interface using AI can be another field for future scope. Intelligent Transport System : As demands for safety and mobility have grown this field has a good future scope in long term.
- 6. Interest Areas Artificial intelligence : Robotics. Automated vehicles, There is a need to develop vehicles which can drive on their own so that human mistakes while driving can be avoided using sensors and GPS tracking for communication between vehicles. If given an internship in this area, I woluld intend to work on any of the current fields of research in the field of automation undertaken by firm for betterment of the society
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