Industrial automation in India involves using technology to monitor and control production, reducing labor costs and increasing efficiency. While the automation process has potential for growth, especially with predictions of a 175% increase in industrial robot demand by 2016, full-scale automation faces challenges due to high capital investment and the risk of unemployment. Despite these hurdles, the Indian automation industry is expected to evolve as consumer demand for automation increases.

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2.  Industrial Automation is defined by
the Automation Federation as "the creation and application
of technology to monitor and control the production and
delivery of products and services."
 Automation reduces the man power required to complete
the process and also saves time.
 In many areas of manufacturing automation is necessary
where a labour or a worker could not work or the
conditions for a human to work is not available.
Eg: Processes requiring very high accuracy such as
manufacturing of microprocessors, areas involving
radiation, etc.,
WHAT IS AUTOMATION?
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3. 1. To increase labor productivity
2. To reduce labor cost
3. To overcome the effects of labor shortages
4. To reduce or remove routine manual and clerical tasks
5. To improve worker safety
6. To improve product quality
7. To reduce manufacturing lead time
8. To accomplish what cannot be done manually
REASONS FOR AUTOMATING
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4. Pros and cons of automating…
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5.  It is feasible in India, but it requires a huge amount of
capital to be invested.
 At present a full scale automation is not possible in
India.
 But it may take some time to
change from the manpower
mode to complete automation.
 However most of Indian
industries are automised to a certain level in the past
years.
IS IT FEASIBLE IN INDIA?
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6. Effects on current system…
 It will increase the grade of Indian industries and will
help them to cope up with the other advanced
industries worldwide.
 It will increase the quality of Indian products and
make them reliable.
 Will cause a large scale unemployment among the
labors who previously did the robots’ work.
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7. The demand for industrial robots has been high in the past year in
Asian countries and the increase in demand was about 5%.
SOME STATISTICS….
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8. Particularly the demand for industrial robots in India is
predicted to be increased by 175% by the year 2016!
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9.  India is one of the fastest growing economies among
the Asian emerging markets, yet the number of
automated units is still low.
 The reason is that India is still
considered as a low wage
country and the automation
process is not often economical.
Conclusion….
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10.  The Indian automation industry has bright
prospects as Indian markets are slowly feeling the
need for automation.
 The growing awareness among Indian consumers
will lead the process and manufacturing industry
to adopt the right mix of technologies, leading to
a considerable proportion of automation in the
manufacturing process.
Stats courtesy: International Federation of Robotics
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