robotize

American  

[roh-buh-tahyz, -bot-ahyz] / ˈroʊ bəˌtaɪz, -bɒtˌaɪz /

especially British, robotise

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.

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verb (used without object)

robotized, robotizing

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

robotize British  

/ ˈrəʊbəˌtaɪz /

verb

1. to automate

   robotized assembly lines

2. to cause (a person) to be or become mechanical and lifeless, like a robot

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Other Word Forms

• robotization noun

Etymology

Origin of robotize

First recorded in 1925–30; robot + -ize

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.”

From Los Angeles Times

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.”

From New York Times

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

From New York Times

Related Words

• automate
• mechanize