Automation (research)

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

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.

Technologies
Machines	Advanced circuit (research) Processing unit (research) Automation (research) 2 3 Bulk inserter (research) Electric energy accumulators (research) Electric energy distribution 1 (research) 2 Fast inserter (research) Fluid handling (research) Logistics (research) 2 3 Nuclear power (research) Oil processing (research) Rocket silo (research) Solar energy (research) Stack inserter (research) ()
Military/Weaponry	Atomic bomb (research) Defender (research) Distractor (research) Destroyer (research) Flamethrower (research) Military (research) 2 3 4 Rocketry (research) explosive Uranium ammo (research)
Bonuses	Artillery shell range (research) Artillery shell shooting speed (research) Braking force (research) Energy weapons damage (research) Follower robot count (research) Inserter capacity bonus (research) Lab research speed (research) Laser shooting speed (research) Mining productivity (research) Physical projectile damage (research) Refined flammables (research) Stronger explosives (research) Weapon shooting speed (research) Worker robot cargo size (research) Worker robot speed (research)
Player augmentation	Construction robotics (research) Logistic robotics (research) Steel axe (research) Toolbelt (research)
Defense	Heavy armor (research) Modular armor (research) Power armor (research) MK2 Mech armor (research) () Gate (research) Land mines (research) Stone wall (research) Gun turret (research) Laser turret (research) Artillery (research)
Crafting	Advanced material processing (research) 2 Advanced oil processing (research) Automation science pack (research) Battery (research) Biter egg handling (research) () Calcite processing (research) () Circuit network (research) Chemical science pack (research) Cliff explosives (research) Coal liquefaction (research) Concrete (research) Electronics (research) Engine (research) Electric engine (research) Explosives (research) Flammables (research) Foundation (research) () Kovarex enrichment process (research) Landfill (research) Laser (research) Logistic science pack (research) Logistic system (research) Low density structure (research) Lubricant (research) Military science pack (research) Nuclear fuel reprocessing (research) Lamp (research) Overgrowth soil (research) () Plastics (research) Production science pack (research) Robotics (research) Rocket fuel (research) Space science pack (research) Steel processing (research) Sulfur processing (research) Uranium processing (research) Utility science pack (research)
Transportation	Automated rail transportation (research) Automobilism (research) Fluid wagon (research) Rail support foundations (research) () Railway (research) Tank (research) Spidertron (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)
Modules	Modules (research) Effect transmission (research) Efficiency module (research) 2 3 Productivity module (research) 2 3 Speed module (research) 2 3 Quality module (research) () 2 () 3 ()
Navigation	Logistics Production Intermediate products Space () Combat Environment

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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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