Automation and robotisation: process analysis

Automation and robotisation of industrial processes is inevitable.

Task first, tool second

A discussion about automation should start with a specific process: its stages, repeatability and the problems we want to solve. Buying a piece of equipment alone does not determine how work is organised.

Useful questions concern which activities are repeated most often, how the result is checked and where a human decision is still needed. This prepared description provides a starting point for further analysis of possible improvements.