Dec 5, 2025 · Examples of these machines include waterwheels, windmills, and simple steam-driven devices. More than 2,000 years ago the Chinese developed trip-hammers powered by flowing water …

Dec 5, 2025 · In this section, the types of automation are defined, and examples of automated systems used in manufacturing are described. Three types of automation in production can be distinguished: …

Dec 5, 2025 · Automated systems are usually required to interact with humans in some way. An automatic bank teller machine, for example, must receive instructions from customers and act …

Oct 24, 2025 · For example, a simple computer program for solving mate-in-one chess problems might try moves at random until mate is found. The program might then store the solution with the position …

Take the automated teller machine (ATM) through which many people now get cash. In order to access an account, a user supplies a card and personal identification number (PIN).

Oct 11, 2025 · For example, in 2002 the New York Times reported that more than 21,000 American bank accounts had been skimmed by a single group engaged in acquiring ATM information illegally. …

AUTOMATE meaning: to run or operate (something, such as a factory or system) by using machines, computers, etc., instead of people to do the work

Automated reading machines have been developed for the blind and the visually handicapped. The first such device was known as the Kurzweil Reading Machine (KRM), which consisted of an optical …

Nov 3, 2025 · Automation began in the late 1940s with the development of the transfer machine, a mechanical device for moving and positioning large objects on a production line (e.g., partly finished …

Mechanical ventilation is the use of an automated machine to move air in and out of the lungs, assisting patients who have stopped breathing or whose breathing is sporadic. It keeps airways open for …