automate
We're trying to increase automation in the home while keeping the house an enjoyable place to live.
Coal is still a force in the economy, but increased automation has cut the number of jobs it offers.
The airline added automation to streamline flight operations.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Machines - general words
3-D printer
animatronic
automated
backhoe
baler
chuck
coffee machine
convenience
crankshaft
Heath Robinson
humanoid
immobilizer
roller
stacker
stump grinder
supersensitivity
synchrotron
tabulator
valve
workhorse

automation | American Dictionary

automation
noun[ U ]
us/ˌɔ·t̬əˈmeɪ·ʃən/
the use of machines that operate automatically:
factory automation

automation | Business English

automation
noun[ U ]
 PRODUCTION, WORKPLACEuk /ˌɔːtəˈmeɪʃən/us
the use of machines or computers instead of people to do a job, especially in a factory or office:
Advances in factory automation and related technologies have allowed companies to raise output without increasing costs.

Examples of automation

automation
In particular, those involved in research and development will see the newly implemented systems as of special relevance to automation.
Because the grammar rules encapsulate the feasible additions that can be made, the automation is based simply on choosing a series of applicable rules.
So the majority of works we presented in this article try to reconcile both requirements - automation and high-quality mappings - by adopting semi-automatic approaches.
In many modern environments, humans interact with automation in highly complex ways.
With the advent of electronics and computer technology in 1950, automation commenced to apply electronics and computer systems to control machines.
The process of automation triggered a sequence of problems and solutions that proved crucial in shaping the design of banking services.
His research, teaching, and consulting are in the area of design theory, methodology, automation, and practice.
The automation of circular motions in the planetarium had to be adapted to the speed of the individual heavenly bodies' movements, according to astronomical calculations.
The stationmasters thus retained manual control over this pool of reservations whilst supporting automation of the larger set of reservations previously controlled by railway clerks.
This concept proposes a distributed approach to robotics and flexible automation.
The automation task naturally requires the use of a diverse range of sensors and systems in order to deliver useful guidance and communication systems.
Introduction and software agents supporting decision-making and maintenance is the main challenge for research and applications of a cost effective automation.
Looking back at the history of machines, it has gone through mechanization and automation, and now is moving toward autonomy.
Composed of hundreds of miniature histologic tissue cores taken from patient tumors and arrayed in a grid pattern, tissue microarrays have great potential for automation.
Our goal is to develop a generally applicable feedback method that is better suited for the flexible automation of microassembly processes.
See all examples of automation
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

Collocations withautomation

automation

These are words often used in combination with automation.

Click on a collocation to see more examples of it.

automation system
Low cost automation also involves the implementation of an automation system.
building automation
The offerings cover a wide range, including lighting, security, automation, climate control, communication, building automation and renewable energies.
From
Wikipedia