Automation (research)

	Cost
	10 1✖ 10
	Key technology for large scale production.
Prototype type	technology
Internal name	automation
	Required technologies
	Allows
	2
	Effects

Object description

Automation is one of the first technologies that the player will research. It allows the building of the Long-handed inserter, as well as the Assembling machine 1, which is the start of automated crafting, an essential part of Factorio. The cost of this research is not affected by price multiplier.

Technologies
Machines	Advanced circuit (research) Agriculture (research) () Automation (research) 2 3 Big mining drill (research) () Biochamber (research) () Biolab (research) () Bulk inserter (research) Captive biter spawner (research) () Electric energy accumulators (research) Electric energy distribution 1 (research) 2 Electric mining drill (research) Electromagnetic plant (research) () Fast inserter (research) Fluid handling (research) Foundry (research) () Fusion reactor (research) () Heating tower (research) () Lightning collector (research) () Logistics (research) 2 3 Nuclear power (research) Oil gathering (research) Oil processing (research) Processing unit (research) Recycling (research) () Rocket silo (research) Solar energy (research) Stack inserter (research) () Steam power (research) Turbo transport belt (research) () Uranium mining (research)
Military/Weaponry	Atomic bomb (research) Defender (research) Destroyer (research) Distractor (research) Flamethrower (research) Military (research) 2 3 4 Railgun (research) () Rocketry (research) explosive Uranium ammo (research)
Bonuses	Artillery shell damage (research) () Artillery shell range (research) Artillery shell shooting speed (research) Asteroid productivity (research) () Braking force (research) Cryogenic plant (research) () Electric weapons damage (research) () Energy weapons damage (research) Follower robot count (research) Inserter capacity bonus (research) Lab research speed (research) Laser shooting speed (research) Laser weapons damage (research) Low density structure productivity (research) () Mining productivity (research) Physical projectile damage (research) Plastic bar productivity (research) () Processing unit productivity (research) () Railgun damage (research) () Railgun shooting speed (research) () Refined flammables (research) Research productivity (research) () Rocket fuel productivity (research) () Rocket part productivity (research) () Scrap recycling productivity (research) () Steel plate productivity (research) () Stronger explosives (research) Transport belt capacity (research) () Weapon shooting speed (research) Worker robot cargo size (research) Worker robot speed (research)
Player augmentation	Construction robotics (research) Health (research) () Logistic robotics (research) Steel axe (research) Toolbelt (research)
Defense	Artillery (research) Gate (research) Gun turret (research) Heavy armor (research) Land mines (research) Laser turret (research) Mech armor (research) () Modular armor (research) Power armor (research) MK2 Radar (research) Repair pack (research) Rocket turret (research) () Stone wall (research) Tesla weapons (research) ()
Crafting	Advanced asteroid processing (research) () Advanced combinators (research) Advanced material processing (research) 2 Advanced oil processing (research) Agricultural science pack (research) () Artificial soil (research) () Asteroid reprocessing (research) () Automation science pack (research) Bacteria cultivation (research) () Battery (research) Bioflux (research) () Bioflux processing (research) () Biter egg handling (research) () Calcite processing (research) () Captivity (research) () Carbon fiber (research) () Chemical science pack (research) Circuit network (research) Cliff explosives (research) Coal liquefaction (research) Concrete (research) Cryogenic science pack (research) () Electric engine (research) Electromagnetic science pack (research) () Electronics (research) Engine (research) Epic quality (research) () Explosives (research) Fish breeding (research) () Flammables (research) Foundation (research) () Holmium processing (research) () Jellynut (research) () Kovarex enrichment process (research) Lamp (research) Landfill (research) Laser (research) Legendary quality (research) () Lithium processing (research) () Logistic science pack (research) Logistic system (research) Low density structure (research) Lubricant (research) Metallurgic science pack (research) () Military science pack (research) Nuclear fuel reprocessing (research) Overgrowth soil (research) () Plastics (research) Production science pack (research) Promethium science pack (research) () Quantum processor (research) () Robotics (research) Rocket fuel (research) Space science pack (research) Steel processing (research) Sulfur processing (research) Tree seeding (research) () Tungsten carbide (research) () Tungsten steel (research) () Uranium processing (research) Utility science pack (research) Yumako (research) ()
Transportation	Automated rail transportation (research) Automobilism (research) Elevated rail (research) () Fluid wagon (research) Planet discovery Aquilo (research) () Planet discovery Fulgora (research) () Planet discovery Gleba (research) () Planet discovery Vulcanus (research) () Rail support foundations (research) () Railway (research) Space platform (research) () Space platform thruster (research) () Spidertron (research) Tank (research)
Equipment modules	Belt immunity equipment (research) Discharge defense (research) Energy shield equipment (research) MK2 Exoskeleton equipment (research) Nightvision equipment (research) Personal battery (research) MK2 MK3 () Personal laser defense (research) Personal roboport (research) MK2 Portable fission reactor (research) Portable fusion reactor (research) () Portable solar panel (research) Toolbelt equipment (research) ()
Modules	Effect transmission (research) Efficiency module (research) 2 3 Modules (research) Productivity module (research) 2 3 Quality module (research) () 2 () 3 () Speed module (research) 2 3
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Cost
10 1 ✖ 10
Key technology for large scale production.
Prototype type	technology
Internal name	automation
Required technologies

Allows
2
Effects

Automation (research)

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