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  1. The widespread use of self-regulating 
  2. machines in industry. Automation involves 
  3. the addition of control devices, using 
  4. electronic sensing and computing techniques,
  5. which often follow the pattern of human 
  6. nervous and brain functions, to already
  7. mechanized physical processes of production
  8. and distribution; for example, steel 
  9. processing, mining, chemical production, and
  10. road, rail, and air control. The term was
  11. coined by US business consultant John 
  12. Diebold.  Automation builds on the process of
  13. mechanization to improve manufacturing
  14. efficiency.
  15.  
  16. Subject by: Russell Webb
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