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robotization

robotization

1 6.7
Replacing human workers with robots or machines that work by themselves
  • noun
  • /ˌroʊbəˈtaɪzeɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : robotización
  • Many industries are facing challenges as robotization replaces traditional jobs with machines.

It's not going to go up, it's only going to go down with robotisation and other forces.

Examples

  • It's not going to go up, it's only going to go down with robotisation and other forces.

    Harvard University

  • Should the world apply automation, robotization, and informatization to reduce employment when population growth and the demands of workers give rise to interests that are frequently in conflict with strategies of efficiency?

    Academic text (2017)

  • The robotization of manufacturing has led to higher efficiency and lower production costs.

  • The company implemented robotization to streamline operations and reduce reliance on human labor.

Synonyms

automation
vsrobotization
  • Specialized
33 3.3

Use of machines or computers to do work without people helping

is more specific about physical machine replacement than broad software control
mechanization
vsrobotization
4 4.4

Using machines to do work people or animals used to do

focuses on replacing human workers with automated machinery rather than general technology

Antonyms

manual labor
  • US
18 3.3

Work done with your hands or body rather than by machines

How Automated

robotization
  • Specialized
1 6.7
automation
  • Specialized
33 3.3
manual labor
  • US
18 3.3

Surface Forms

robotization singular
robotizations plural

Morphology

robotization = robotize (transparent) = robot + ize + ation

This is a regular process noun built from 'robotize', and the meaning 'process of making or replacing with robots' is directly recoverable from the base verb.

Etymology

Robotization comes from robot, which comes from Czech robota meaning 'forced work', and the ending -ization meaning 'the process of making'. So robotization often means replacing human work with machines or robots in factories and other places.