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ro⋅bot⋅ize

  [roh-buh-tahyz, -bot-ahyz] verb, -ized, -iz⋅ing
Use robotize in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
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)
3. to adapt or become adapted to the use of robots or robotics.
Also, especially British, ro⋅bot⋅ise.

Origin:
1925–30; robot + -ize

Related forms:
ro⋅bot⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
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ro·bot·ize   (rō'bə-tīz')   
tr.v.   ro·bot·ized, ro·bot·iz·ing, ro·bot·iz·es

  1. To convert (a system, for example) to automation by the application of advanced scientific technology.

  2. To make (a person) machinelike, as in giving responses or performing work.

ro'bot·i·za'tion (-bə-tĭ-zā'shən) n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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