Introduction, why that book -- Industry 4.0, China 2025, IoT, AI (Artificial Intelligence) -- Automation and quality control in Industry 4.0 -- Automation pyramid and consultative value selling (solution business) -- Fieldbusses, communication protocols, Human Machine Interfaces (HMI), Hardware ASICs -- History of smaller and middelsized companies (SMEs) respective Industry 4.0, China 2025, IoT -- Automation of Automotive at a glance including the history of robots -- Time schedule oft the automation technology since 1970.

The book gives an overview about automation technology over the last 50 years, based on my own experiences. It is a good summary for automation since 1970 for all who want to know about the context of automation developments and their standards. It is a fundamental summary and enables the reader to get experience in the complex field of automation. . The Content Introduction, why that book Industry 4.0, China 2025, IoT, AI (Artificial Intelligence) Automation and quality control in Industry 4.0 Automation pyramid and consultative value selling (solution business) Fieldbusses, communication protocols, Human Machine Interfaces (HMI), Hardware ASICs History of smaller and middelsized companies (SMEs) respective Industry 4.0, China 2025, IoT Automation of Automotive at a glance including the history of robots Time schedule oft the automation technology since 1970 The Author Dr. Wolfgang Babel has made two pH.D. thesis in Electrical Engineering in sensor systems as well as in AI and ANN. He knows the automation business since more than 40 years. He has contributed a lot specifics to the automation businesses in 5 major groups of companies. This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.