Automation

thumb|Principle diagram of a cybernetic system with a feedback loop

thumb|upright=1.1|Minimum human intervention is required to control many large facilities, such as this electrical generating station.

corporate task of optimizing the existing resources in a company

engineering discipline that applies automatic control theory to design systems with desired behaviors in control environments

system that manages the behavior of other systems

robotic warehouse for physical objects

technology-enabled automation of complex business processes

single-purpose computing device with software or firmware dedicated to providing a specific computing resource

Transmitting consumption data from a utility meter to the utility provider

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type of metal-working lathe

robotic system that parks cars in a multi-story parking garage

Auto-defrost, automatic defrost or self-defrosting is a technique which regularly defrosts the evaporator in a refrigerator or freezer. Appliances using this technique are often called frost free, frostless, or no-frost.

application of computer software or automated machinery

computing environment involving multiple devices

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configuration in a control system which passes a control signal from a source in its external environment to a load elsewhere in its external environment