Title: (Optional) Describe the need for data manipulation and control.
Course: Technology of Robotic Design (21009-18) > Section: Manipulating and Controlling Data

Description should include

- explaining the importance of data management to automate the operation of processes and machinery without human interaction (applications range from simple on/off actuator control to advanced closed-loop control with multiple inputs and outputs)
- explaining how the integration of the data helps to maintain process-quality specifications to improve productivity and reduce the chance of making costly errors
- identifying measurement as one of the functions of an automated system, along with control and manipulation
- describing various types of instrumentation equipment used for measuring, controlling, and manipulating process variables, such as temperature, pressure, flow, or level
- providing examples of industrial control systems in the following industrial areas:
  - Electrical power and electronics
  - Water and water treatment
  - Oil and natural gas
  - Chemicals
  - Transportation
  - Pharmaceuticals
  - Pulp and paper
  - Food and beverages
  - Discrete manufacturing (e.g., automotive, aerospace, durable goods)

Process/Skill Questions:

- How is data manipulated in an industrial control system?
- What are the functions performed by an instrument used in process control?
- What are some industrial applications that require precise measurement and control of temperature, pressure, flow, or level?