Flashcards: Computer Revision 4

• An automated system is composed of elements designed to perform a set of tasks that have been programmed

1. Industry

2. Transport

3. Agriculture

4. Weather

5. Gaming

6. Lighting

7. Science

1. Higher production rates and increased productivity

2. Better product quality

3. Improved safety

4. Reduced labour cost

1. Can cause an increase in pollution (different types of machines operate using motor which may require gases in order to operate)

2. Large initial investment

1. Achieve better cost efficiencies (which route is free and short)

2. Increased employee productivity (artificial intelligence to identify routes with least traffic congestion based on time and day, thus employees are less tired due to long routes)

3. Increased productivity and accuracy (less human error and automated system is capable of running 24/7)

4. Enhanced safety of employees

5. Improve the accessibility for people with limited transportation (old people and disabled)

6. Reduce operating costs because of the elimination of the wage cost of bus drivers

1. High maintenance costs

2. Potentially high initial investment

3. Not suitable for non-repetitive tasks

4. Decreased flexibility of operations (work according to preset system and processes which make rapid changes difficult)

1. Increases productivity

2. Reduces the human efforts and cost of production

3. Improved safety (machines can work for long hours in dangerous situations)

4. Decreases the need to hire employees for numerous monotonous tasks

5. Agriculture is becoming more eco-friendly (robots can add particles with great precision which is almost impossible when done by an actual human)

1. High maintenance cost

2. Lack of access to poor farmers

3. Overuse of machines may lead to environmental damage

4. Lack of practical knowledge when farmers can't handle the machine

5. The robotic machine cannot change its culture (we have to set its program manually)

1. Accurate and frequent readings

2. Visual graphics can be displayed

3. Can work continuously 24 hours

4. Statistics can be automatically calculated and analysed

5. weather observations can be made more quickly and conveniently

6. Detailed weather conditions can be viewed at any distance over the internet

1. High maintenance cost

2. Potentially high investment

1. Faster scientific discovery

2. Cheaper experimentation (robots saves times and money while doing experiment)

3. Can work 24/7 and do not require rest

4. More easily reproduced and trained

1. High capital expenditure required to invest in automation

2. Expensive maintenance

3. Low flexibility (can perform only specific tasks)

4. Lack human interaction