robotisation

Meanings

1. 1noununcountable

   The process of replacing human workers or manual tasks with robots and automated machines.

   Grammar: Uncountable: robotisation continues, not a robotisation.

   Patterns

   • robotisation of something
   • robotisation in something

   The robotisation of car factories reduced the number of assembly-line jobs.

   Unions worry that robotisation will spread to warehouses and shops.

   Robotisation in farming has changed how fruit is picked.

2. 2noununcountablefigurative

   The process by which a person or behavior becomes mechanical, repetitive and lacking feeling.

   Grammar: Used figuratively and is uncountable.

   Patterns

   • robotisation of someone

   Critics complained about the robotisation of customer service, with its scripts and fixed replies.

   Strict daily routines can lead to a kind of robotisation of school life.

   He feared the robotisation of his own writing as he repeated the same formulas.

Common combinations

rapid robotisation

Rapid robotisation changed the port within a decade.

robotisation of industry

The robotisation of industry raises hard questions about retraining.

fear of robotisation

Fear of robotisation made workers cautious.

increasing robotisation

Increasing robotisation lowered costs but cut jobs.

Synonyms and how they differ

automation

Automation is the wider and more common word for machines doing tasks, not necessarily with robots.

mechanisation

Mechanisation means using machines in general and often points to older industrial change.

computerisation

Computerisation refers to software and computers taking over tasks, while robotisation involves physical robots.

Opposites

Word family

robot noun

a machine that performs tasks automatically

robotise verb

to make a process use robots

robotic adjective

relating to robots or like a robot

robotics noun

the study and building of robots

Commonly confused: robotisation or robotics?

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