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to robotize

to robotize

7.2
Change a process so machines do the work instead of people
  • verb
  • /ˈroʊbəˌtaɪz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : automatizar
  • As more tasks are robotized, fewer workers are needed in manual labor positions.

What's going to happen first is that accountants and bankers and attorneys will be robotized online, and that will happen much prior to.

Examples

  • Many factories are choosing to robotize their assembly lines to improve efficiency.

  • In order to increase productivity, the company decided to robotize several repetitive tasks.

  • What's going to happen first is that accountants and bankers and attorneys will be robotized online, and that will happen much prior to.

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Synonyms

to automate
vsto robotize
52 4.0

Make a process or job run by machines such as computers instead of people

focuses on replacing human work with machine control rather than general automation
to computerize
vsto robotize
  • US
45 4.3

To use computers to run a system and store its information

involves replacing people by machine controllers rather than focusing only on computers
to mechanize
vsto robotize
3 5.6

Use machines to do work people used to do by hand

is broader, covering machine control that replaces people, not only manual tools
to automatize
vsto robotize
  • Specialized
7.2

To make something work without people using machines or computers

emphasizes substituting people with machine control rather than mere automatic operation

How Automated

to robotize
  • Specialized
7.2
to automate
52 4.0
to mechanize
3 5.6

Surface Forms

robotize infinitive
robotized past
robotized past participle
robotizing present participle
robotizes third person singular

Morphology

robotize = robot (transparent) = robot + ize

Productive derivation 'robot' + '-ize' meaning 'to make automatic or operate by robots' is directly inferable.

Etymology

Robotize comes from robot, which comes from Czech robota meaning 'forced or boring work'. The ending -ize means 'to make', so to robotize a process is to make it automatic or to let machines do the work instead of people.