Automaticautomatike

Automaticautomatike is a term used in engineering literature to describe an integrated discipline that studies the design, analysis, and deployment of automated systems that are governed by automatic control theory. It emphasizes both the theoretical foundations of control engineering and the practical aspects of implementing automated solutions in industry.

The field covers topics such as system identification, state estimation, feedback control design, and the selection of appropriate control architectures for real-time operation. It encompasses both classical approaches like PID and modern methods such as model predictive control, robust and adaptive control, and data-driven control.

Technologies include sensors, actuators, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), distributed control systems, industrial networks, and cyber-physical integration with digital twins and simulation tools.

Applications span manufacturing and process industries, energy systems, transportation and robotics, building automation, and smart infrastructure.

Though not a single standardized discipline, automatics and automation converge under this label in research groups and curricula to stress the synergy between control theory and practical automation engineering.