Automation's the use of control systems (such as numerical control, programmable logic control, and other industrial control systems), in concert with other applications of information technology (such as computer-aided technologies [CAD,CAM, CAx]), to control industrial machinery and processes, reducing the need for human intervention. In the scope of industrialization, automation's a step beyond mechanization. Whereas mechanization provided human operators with machinery to assist them with t… (More on Automated)