Manufacturing Automation

This specialization covers automating a production line: programmable logic controllers and their programming, SCADA and HMI systems, industrial sensors and actuators, pneumatics, conveyors and material handling, industrial robots in pick-and-place, welding and palletising roles, machine vision for inspection, and integration upward into an MES. Machine safety -- interlocks, guarding and risk assessment -- is part of the design rather than an afterthought.