Editing Automation (section)

====Industrial robotics====
[[File:Workmaster.jpg|alt=Large automated milling machines inside a big warehouse-style lab room|thumb|Automated milling machines]]
[[Industrial robotics]] is a sub-branch in industrial automation that aids in various manufacturing processes. Such manufacturing processes include machining, welding, painting, assembling and material handling to name a few.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Shell|first1=Richard|title=Handbook of Industrial Automation|url=https://archive.org/details/handbookindustri00shel_442|url-access=limited|date=2000|page=[https://archive.org/details/handbookindustri00shel_442/page/n305 46]|publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-0-8247-0373-8}}</ref> Industrial robots use various mechanical, electrical as well as software systems to allow for high precision, accuracy and speed that far exceed any human performance. The birth of industrial robots came shortly after World War II as the U.S. saw the need for a quicker way to produce industrial and consumer goods.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kurfess|first1=Thomas|title=Robotics and Automation Handbook|url=https://archive.org/details/roboticsautomati00kurf_743|url-access=limited|date=2005|page=[https://archive.org/details/roboticsautomati00kurf_743/page/n35 5]|publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-0-8493-1804-7}}</ref> Servos, digital logic and solid-state electronics allowed engineers to build better and faster systems and over time these systems were improved and revised to the point where a single robot is capable of running 24 hours a day with little or no maintenance. In 1997, there were 700,000 industrial robots in use, the number has risen to 1.8M in 2017<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/ceo-agenda/ceosurvey/2017/gx/talent.html|title=Managing man and machine|last=PricewaterhouseCoopers|work=PwC|access-date=4 December 2017}}</ref> In recent years, AI with [[robotics]] is also used in creating an automatic labeling solution, using robotic arms as the automatic label applicator, and AI for learning and detecting the products to be labelled.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://milliontech.com/solutions/label-printing/irls-intelligent-robotics-labeling-system|title=AI Automatic Label Applicator & Labelling System|publisher=Milliontech|date=18 January 2018
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