mechanize
verb (used with object)
to make mechanical.
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
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The automation drive is underway: Amplats wants to sell off its conventional mines to focus on mechanization while Implats' chief executive has said "we will mechanize where we can."
From Reuters ● Oct. 14, 2014