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Otto Mation Comic Series
This month’s comic
Take a look at this month’s comic. If you think of a good caption, send it on over to us!
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 - September 18, 2013
Otto encourages the engineers to leverage IT technology for control applications. -
ComicOtto Mation Comic Caption Contest - August 28, 2013
Congratulations to our winner! The winning comic caption was submitted by Sam R. in California. "It's Si-Borg!" Note: If you don't watch Duck Dynasty, you won't understand the caption. Background - "Si" (Silas Robertson) is the goof-ball, red-neck brother of the founder of the Duck Commander company and also the uncle of the three brothers who currently run the company. -
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ComicOtto Mation Comic - August 14, 2013
Otto introduces the team to a new high-speed, lightweight data historian. -
ComicOtto Mation Comic - August 7, 2013
Otto pitches idea for new reality TV show to television executive. -
ComicOtto Mation Comic - July 31, 2013
Otto's colleagues give him an idea on how to raise more awareness for the automation profession. -
ComicOtto Mation Comic - July 24, 2013
Otto meets with suppliers to outline requested features for a new automation architecture. -
ComicOtto Mation Comic - July 17, 2013
Otto's manager buys 'Big Servers' to handle the 'Big Data' problem at the plant. -
ComicOtto Mation Comic Caption Contest - June 19, 2013
Congratulations to our winner! The winning comic caption was submitted by Rich Merritt in Iowa. "Forget Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics. The new ANSI Collaborative Operation Standard R15.06-2012 says I can't hurt you. It doesn't stop me from fooling around, though." -
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. -
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ComicOtto Mation Comic - April 3, 2013
Manuel agrees to be mentored by Otto to become an Automation Engineer.
