as in mechanization
the process of putting an apparatus, operation, or system under the control or regulation of mechanical or electronic devices
feared that automation would add millions to the ranks of the unemployed
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And Rockwell, the world’s largest company focused on industrial automation and digital transformation, has the all-critical domain expertise.
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Kathleen Gallagher, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
Central to the hedge fund’s vision is splitting Honeywell’s aerospace and automation businesses into standalone companies.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024
Musk will sometimes reverse course, Higgins said, using the example of automation at Tesla factories, an approach Musk loudly touted in 2017 only to find the machines were inefficient and threatened to kill the business.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
Asia, as a region, leads the world in automation, with a robot density of 182 units per 10,000 manufacturing employees, according to the IFR.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
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Kathleen Gallagher, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
Central to the hedge fund’s vision is splitting Honeywell’s aerospace and automation businesses into standalone companies.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024
Musk will sometimes reverse course, Higgins said, using the example of automation at Tesla factories, an approach Musk loudly touted in 2017 only to find the machines were inefficient and threatened to kill the business.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
Asia, as a region, leads the world in automation, with a robot density of 182 units per 10,000 manufacturing employees, according to the IFR.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Automation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/automation. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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