Analysis of Automation: Advantages and Disadvantages in Industries

This essay provides a detailed analysis of automation in industries. It begins by outlining the progression from manual labor to mechanized systems and, finally, to the current state of automation. The essay emphasizes the advantages of automation, such as increased efficiency, reduced labor costs, and improved product quality. It also acknowledges the disadvantages, including potential job displacement. The essay uses various sources to support its arguments, including Newsweek and Vista Industrial Products, Inc. The essay concludes by suggesting that humans should focus on adapting to and utilizing automation rather than opposing it. The essay highlights the importance of understanding and embracing the advancements in technology and artificial intelligence.

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The automation has gained heights in the industries by replacing manual repetition,
followed by mechanization. The factory workers or the people in industries were performing
similar work over and over again using physical strength with no or very minimum tools. In the
current scenario, machines/systems or devices have successfully taken the place of human
repetitive activities and they are performing them intelligently with or without human
supervision or intervention. Before automation, mechanization was there wherein the work was
done by machines but under the direct supervision of humans (Shell). In the automation of
industries, auto-filling machines, intelligent conveyor system, robotic arms, etc. like systems are
used that execute all the work of any industry or factory with the negligible attention of human
beings (Vista Industrial Products, Inc.).
If there is a comparison of humans and machines concerning the labor aspects, machines are
superior to humans. They never get tired of work, neither go on strike for wage issues, and the
chances of failure in their accuracy and regularity are minimal. With the application of
automation, there is an increase in product standards with consistent quality (Shell), decreased
labor dependencies, etc. On the other hand, humans have biological limitations and have many
imperfections when compared to machines or robots. Different concepts of the technology are
advancing and they will get better day by day; just because of humans. People should try to

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figure out what to do with automation rather than initiating issues like how to stop them or slow
down their utilization. Humans are the inventors of artificial intelligence and robots as they
should find a way of adopting them (Granta).

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References
Granta. Advantages And Disadvantages Of Automation. Granta, Cambridge, 2017, pp. 1-2.
Accessed 15 Sept 2019.
Shell, Ellen Ruppel. "AI And Automation Will Replace Most Human Workers Because They
Don't Have To Be Perfect—Just Better Than You". Newsweek, 2018,
https://www.newsweek.com/2018/11/30/ai-and-automation-will-replace-most-human-
workers-because-they-dont-have-be-1225552.html?amp=1. Accessed 17 Sept 2019.
Vista Industrial Products, Inc. Advantages And Disadvantages Of Automation In Manufacturing.
Vista Industrial Products, Inc., California, 2013, pp. 1-2,
http://www.vista-industrial.com/blog/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-automation-in-
manufacturing/. Accessed 15 Sept 2019.