Should we Automate?

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• Professor Duncan McFarlane, Professor of Industrial Information Engineering and Head, Distributed Informaiion and Automation Laboratory, Department of Engineering
• Monday 14 February 2022, 18:30-19:30
• Babbage Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site, Downing Street, Cambridge.

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Originally a term used almost exclusively in the industrial domain, automation is now being applied in most aspects of life. Yet the rationale for automating and its implications is often not clearly understood. This talk will explore the origins of automation and examine what is encompassed by the term today. It will explore the rationale, benefits and downsides of automating – including implications for the future workforce – and will attempt to provide some signposting around whether we should automate, and if so when and where. A range of industrial automation developments from more than thirty years experience will be used to support this presentation.

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