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robotize

[ roh-buh-tahyz, -bot-ahyz ]

verb (used with object)

robotized, robotizing
  1. to turn (someone) into a robot.
  2. to convert for automated operation or production by robots or robotlike machines:

    to robotize an assembly line.



verb (used without object)

robotized, robotizing
  1. to adapt or become adapted to the use of robots or robotics.

robotize

/ ˈrəʊbəˌtaɪz /

verb

  1. to automate

    robotized assembly lines

  2. to cause (a person) to be or become mechanical and lifeless, like a robot
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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  • robot·i·zation noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of robotize1

First recorded in 1925–30; robot + -ize
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Example Sentences

The manufacturing breakdown that snarled Model 3 output came after Musk tried to robotize its Fremont, Calif., factory to the point where it would resemble an “alien dreadnought.”

Their cut-ups, sputtering drum machines, and shreds of harsh noise are the ugly mirrors of pop music’s technological wonderland, while their lyrics literalize the horror of humans being treated as dead machines in pop-Marxist language and production styles that robotize the voice.

From Salon

David Christensen, a mechanical engineering graduate student who is working on the weight-lifting project, suggested that “you could easily robotize a house plant to make it drag itself into the sunlight all the time, and that would be really cute and perhaps even useful.”

“We’re not trying to robotize the process,” Mr. Chang said.

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