Automation can reduce errors, employ safer material handling, and manage waste better. Explore how industry can make use of various new technologies from robots to computer software applications that control machinery and processes. See how skilled use and application of various tools of automation can improve quality and flexibility in the manufacturing process. Examine the benefits and the downsides that require mitigation for this 4th industrial revolution including the Industrial Internet of Things (lloT). Research how to best apply the multiple technologies available to pinpoint manufacturing solutions with fixed, programmable, flexible and integrated automation.