Quiz: The Origins of Automation
Quiz: The Origins of Automation
Automation’s roots run back to mechanization and the first factories, and it has been compounding ever since. See how well you know that path.
It’s the creation and application of technology to monitor and control production and delivery of products and services. Engineers have applied automation to just about everything, from surface transportation to space exploration and harvesting crops.
But the technology’s roots lie in mechanization, which began with the Industrial Revolution. See what you know about automation’s origins with this ASME quiz.
But the technology’s roots lie in mechanization, which began with the Industrial Revolution. See what you know about automation’s origins with this ASME quiz.
Automation’s roots run back to mechanization and the first factories, and it has been compounding ever since. See how well you know that path.
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