robotize
/ˈɹəʊbətaɪz/
robotize verb: to give something (or someone) the characteristics of a robot.
Verb
robotize (third-person singular simple present robotizes, present participle robotizing, simple past and past participle robotized)
- To give something (or someone) the characteristics of a robot.
- They have fought the robotizing of their characters to a kind of stand-off.1987, Ira Shor, Critical Teaching and Everyday Life, page 53
- But we did not want just to train Raun or robotize him or to use force or the threat of punishment as others had tried to do rather unsuccessfully with other youngsters like him.1994, Barry Neil Kaufman, Son Rise: The Miracle Continues, page 61
- To automate, especially by making use of robots.
- "[…]And maybe one works, but in the long run what it does is it robotizes the process.”2000, Lawrence Thelen, The Show Makers: Great Directors of the American Musical Theatre, page 34
- In fact, its solution would determine the number of robots needed to tend machines in a manufacturing system and hence the investment required to robotize tending activities.2006, Massimiliano Caramia, Paolo Dell'Olmo, Effective Resource Management in Manufacturing Systems: Optimization Algorithms for Production Planning, page 105
Examples of robotize in a sentence
- Nazi criminals interviewed about their motives have given the same sort of replies: “Just following orders.” Hearts and consciences can be deadened and robotized in the same way.2007, Thomas d'Ansembourg, Being Genuine: Stop Being Nice, Start Being Real, page 200:
- All of these figures indicate that the off-road vehicles that will be robotized for deployment in agricultural fields will not have any trouble powering their sensors,[…].2010, Francisco Rovira Más, Qin Zhang, Alan C. Hansen, Mechatronics and Intelligent Systems for Off-road Vehicles, page 10:
Forms of robotize
| third-person singular present | robotizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | robotizing |
| past participle | robotized |
| past | robotized |
| alternative form | robotise |
| alternative form | roboticise |
| alternative form | roboticize |
Origin of robotize
From robot + -ize.
Words formed from robotize
Questions about robotize
- What does robotize mean?
- Robotize means to give something (or someone) the characteristics of a robot.
- How do you use robotize in a sentence?
- Nazi criminals interviewed about their motives have given the same sort of replies: “Just following orders.” Hearts and consciences can be deadened and robotized in the same way.
- What part of speech is robotize?
- Robotize is a verb.
- How do you pronounce robotize?
- Robotize is pronounced /ˈɹəʊbətaɪz/.
- What is the past tense of robotize?
- The past tense of robotize is robotized.
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