Possibilities for Implementing Production "Automation Islands" in an Automatic Production System

Modern production is already being built on the basis of new technologies and forms the so-called "automation islands". Essentially, these are self-contained, automated or automatically functioning components for electronic control, artificial intelligence, computer-integrated production activities, etc. They are built to minimize human labor in the production activity and to essentially determine the development of automation at this stage. This aim for a complex improvement of these activities will increasingly be a major factor in the development of automation. This means that in the future, based on new communication and computer achievements, nanotechnologies and other technical solutions, not only will the production structure change globally, but also will approaches and ways of automating production processes change. Production will be considered as a whole, including both technology, technological information processes and operationally and functionally integrated production components. This can only be done with the help of automation that creates the possibility of horizontal and vertical integration.