Automation or automation means the use of machines or electronic devices to do work once done by people --
Increasing automation means increasing unemployment.
Many factories are now run almost entirely through automation.
Automaton or automaton means a robot, or a pre-programmed device of some kind --
He plans to make an automaton that will be able to make intelligent decisions.
She moved stiffly and artificially, like an automaton.
Now that you know that you can say--
"When the automation is complete, an automaton will be able to run all of this machinery."
