The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to automation: Automation – use of control systems and information technologies to reduce the need for human work in the production of goods and services.
For example, automation of farming and food distribution throughout the world so that no one will go hungry.
One goal is to automate all mundane labor, to free humans to engage in more creative activities (or less work).
James S. Albus – a US government engineer and a prolific pioneering inventor of intelligent systems, automation and robotics.
Also wrote extensively on the impact of automation on jobs, incomes, well-being and prosperity