Showing posts with label Autonomation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Autonomation. Show all posts

Monday, July 13, 2020

Autonomation vs. Automation

  • Autonomation (Jidoka), is applied to a machine with a built-in device for making judgments. In the case of Toyota, it was the power looms with a built-in mechanism that stopped the machine when the thread broke. 
  • Automation is applied to the machine as a whole that allows to "move" on its own. 

If we already have automation, what's the need for Agents?

“Automation” and “agent” sound similar — but they solve very different classes of problems. Automation = Fixed Instruction → Fixed Outcome ...