text: i wanna know abt robotics and automation? robotics cnc amchines and automation your question is very wide and the answer depends on which specific field of automation and robotics are you interested in. on the internet there are several good sites, from universities or research institutes, where you can find the basics and the state of the art in robotics and automation (see references). moreover, at citeseer there are many good papers downloadable for free about specific topics (just search it).