Automation is the process of self-reliability.

Automation may also refer to:

• Build automation, the use of managed make tools
• Business process automation, streamlining business operations with software
• Document automation, the use of software to streamline document creation
• Electronic design automation, software filling in details of circuit design
• Office automation, software assisting employees in performing job duties
• OLE Automation, the mechanism whereby applications can access and manipulate shared automation objects that are exported by other applications.
• Robotic process automation, automating tasks in back-end and front-end systems directly in the GUI
• Support automation, automating problem prevention and resolution processes solutions
• Test automation, simulation of user actions to automate software testing

• Automation (video game), a 2015 game for Windows
• The Automation, a 2014 novel by an anonymous author using the pen names B.L.A. and G.B. Gabbler
• Broadcast automation, scheduling of broadcasts carried out automatically
• Building automation, regulating environmental parameters for human-occupied buildings
• Console automation, using motorized faders of an audio workstation to automate signal changes
• Home automation, regulating environmental parameters for private occupances
• Laboratory automation, automation of laboratory tasks
• "Automation", a song by the Smashing Pumpkins from Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts, 2023

• Automaton (disambiguation)
• Automate (disambiguation)