automate

Let machines handle

To automate is to convert a process so machines or computers perform it without human intervention.

Factory assembly lines were automated; now software automates data entry, scheduling, and countless other tasks.

We automated our email responses.

The goal is usually efficiency, though automation often displaces workers.

efficiency

streamline

Remove unnecessary elements

cost-effective · scalability · reliability · consistency · precision · accuracy · throughput · hands-free · repetitive · speed

software

script

Written words for performance

batch · scheduling · workflow · orchestration · API · scripting · subroutine · loop · iteration · trigger

mechanize

assembly

Constructing from components

  • conveyorMechanism that transports items
  • factoryIndustrial production facility
  • machinePower-driven working device

manufacture · mass-production · industrial · labor-saving · motorize · hydraulic · pneumatic · tooling · gear · pulley

robotics

robot

Programmable automated machine

  • androidMachine resembling a person
  • servoSelf-regulating motor
  • actuatorDevice producing controlled motion

sensor · manipulator · gripper · autonomous · navigation · teleoperation · bipedal · quadrupedal · articulation · locomotion

intelligence

AI

Simulated cognitive processing

cognitive · intelligent · smart · decision-making

Categories
Opposites
human vs. machine agency

automatehumanize

Make more relatable

improvise · personalize · individualize · customize · tailor

process control method

automatemanual control

Human-directed action

micromanage · attend to

human vs. machine control

automatehumanize

Make more relatable

staff · man

Phrases
Family

automatic, automation, automated, automaton, automates, automating, automaticity, automations, nonautomatic

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G