In this course, students will learn the basic principles of automated systems used in current industrial practice, especially focused on the use of advanced procedures in the spirit of the Industry 4.0 initiative. Specifically, these are PLCs and PLC networks, Distributed Control Systems (DCS) and Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI), Robotic Manufacturing Systems (RMS), Use of controlled drives, Industrial sensors, Micro machining, Methods of system integration and MES systems, Human Machine Interface (HMI) and SCADA Systems (Visualization and Data Collection), Databases and cyber security, Data analysis, Machine vision (including optical processing and image preprocessing) and Machine learning.