Also known only as automation
Noun
- The use of machines and computers, such as robots, to perform tasks previously considered repetitive, automatically and with minimal human interaction
Common Misspellings: industrail automaition
Synonyms
Etymology
automatic + -ion or automaton + -ion; coined by a Ford Executive Vice President, Delmar S. Harder, in the 1940s.
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Questions
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