The subject of automation is almost like a journey into space because the meanings, interpretations and applications are so broad and variable. Depending on the manufacturing environment being used as a basic platform, it is challenging to standardize or establish a generic or common definition for automation. Thus, the subject invites a thorough exploration, particularly because industrial robots saw sales of $523 million in 2022, according to data from Statista.
Investigations and other types of surveys specifically focused on the beverage arena have indicated that producers frequently use and interchange mechanization, robotization, computerization, robotics and modernization to define projects that transfer operation and control of manually oriented processes, systems and machines to some form of “automation.” While many terms are used, the dictionary definition is: “The process of converting human effort into machine effort.”