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Otto Mation Comic Series
Meet Otto Mation!
Little Otto Mation was born with a rare gift called the C.A.P. (Certified Automation Professional), which is an objective assessment and confirmation of skills as an automation professional offered by the International Society of Automation (ISA). Those of us in the automation profession have studied and worked for years to earn the C.A.P. Follow the life of Otto through this unique comic series.
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Meet Otto Mation!
Little Otto Mation was born with a rare gift called the C.A.P. (Certified Automation Professional), which is an objective assessment and confirmation of skills as an automation professional offered by the International Society of Automation (ISA). Those of us in the automation profession have studied and worked for years to earn the C.A.P. Follow the life of Otto through this unique comic series.
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ComicOtto Mation Comic - June 12, 2013
Otto explains to IT why they can't be trusted to create usable information dashboards. -
ComicOtto Mation Comic - June 5, 2013
Otto discovers that Manuel failed to hire a CSIA-certified systems integrator. -
ComicOtto Mation Comic - May 29, 2013
Otto asks management to help present operators with more meaningful information from the automation systems. -
ComicOtto Mation Comic - May 22, 2013
Otto explains the advantages of their new collaborative robot to Manuel. -
ComicOtto Mation Comic - May 15, 2013
Otto explains the dangers of outsourcing engineering to his management team. -
ComicOtto Mation Comic - May 8, 2013
There is something weird, and it don't look good. Who ya gonna call? -
ComicOtto Mation Comic - May 1, 2013
Otto explains to management why it's going to take some time to get to Industry 4.0. -
ComicOtto Mation Comic - April 24, 2013
Otto discovers why the company hasn't been able to improve manufacturing processes in the last 20 years. -
ComicOtto Mation Comic - April 17, 2013
Manuel uses the skills that Otto taught him to wreak havoc with the robots. -