Otto Mation Comic Series

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.

Otto Mation Comic - July 16, 2014

  • by Otto Mation
  • July 15, 2014
  • Opinion

Otto tries to convince his veteran colleague to embrace the latest technology in smartphones and tablets.

Otto Mation Comic - June 18, 2014

  • by Otto Mation
  • June 17, 2014
  • Opinion

Otto's company suffers the consequences because management didn't take cybersecurity seriously.

Otto Mation Comic - June 11, 2014

  • by Otto Mation
  • June 10, 2014
  • Opinion

Otto questions his colleague about the stacks and stacks of trade magazines on his desk.

Otto Mation Comic Caption Contest - May 21, 2014

  • by Otto Mation
  • May 20, 2014
  • Opinion

The winning captions were submitted by Russell Smith in Ontario, Canada and Stan Hoo in New Jersey. The top caption was submitted by Russell and the bottom caption was submitted by Stan.

Otto Mation Comic - May 14, 2014

  • by Otto Mation
  • May 13, 2014
  • Opinion

Otto questions his colleague about all the data from the manufacturing systems.

Otto Mation Comic - May 7, 2014

  • by Otto Mation
  • May 6, 2014
  • Opinion

Otto asks Mr. Barnes for money to redesign their best-selling machine.

Otto Mation Comic - April 30, 2014

  • by Otto Mation
  • April 29, 2014
  • Opinion

Otto walks in on Mr. Barnes giving a hug to one of his robots. This comic idea was submitted by Nancy Zarrow from Massachusetts. Thank you, Nancy!

Otto Mation Comic - April 23, 2014

  • by Otto Mation
  • April 22, 2014
  • Opinion

Mr. Barnes inundates Otto with all of the latest industry buzz-words.

Otto Mation Comic - April 16, 2014

  • by Otto Mation
  • April 15, 2014
  • Opinion

How to use robots and stay compliant with the Equal Opportunity Employment Act. This comic idea was submitted by Nancy Zarrow from Massachusetts. Thank you, Nancy!

Otto Mation Comic Caption Contest - April 2, 2014

  • by Otto Mation
  • March 27, 2014
  • Opinion

Congratulations to our winner! The winning comic caption was submitted by Douglas Zimmerman in Texas.
Otto, is this an April Fool's joke, or is this machine still running on XP?