At all stages of his labor activity, man tried to conduct it in such a way as to facilitate the production process itself or certain of its operations. For this, at first, improvised means were used, later - the simplest mechanisms, which were improved over time.

Automation has entered production, perfect automated control systems have appeared, which today cover almost all branches of industry and human activity.

The main “whales” of automation are consistency, coherence, transferability, planning: consistency in the implementation of production processes and their management,coherence of all stages and links of the process, predictability of quality and planning of the expenditure and revenue parts of production. Scientific developments and practical involvement in production of automation systems demonstrate their numerous advantages, namely:

1.Increase in production productivity. 2.Improvement in the quality of production processes and the final product. 3.Reduction in the share of the human factor in production. 4.Reduction in direct costs for human labor. 5.The ability to perform tasks in hazardous environments, as well as those that go beyond human capabilities. 6.Improvement in the company's economic performance.