mechanize
Replace hands with machines
Mechanize means to equip with machinery or convert to mechanical operation.
A factory mechanizes production by replacing hand labor with machines.
Agriculture mechanized over the twentieth century as tractors replaced horses and combines replaced threshing crews.
Military forces mechanize by adopting tanks and armored vehicles: a mechanized infantry division.
Figuratively, to mechanize something is to make it automatic or routine, removing human judgment: We've mechanized the approval process.
Tools for a task
- apparatusEquipment for a task
- hardwareMetal goods and fittings
- deviceConstructed tool or machine
- implementTool or enact
gear · instrumentation · tooling · retrofit · upgrade · install · motor · engine
Self-operating system design
- scriptWritten words for performance
- batchQuantity produced together
- executeCarry out fully
- programPlanned sequence of actions
workflow · trigger · routine · schedule · process · task · sequence · command
Output relative to input
- optimizeMake maximally effective
- throughputProcessing rate over time
- outputWhat something generates
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
performance · precision · speed · capacity · scalability · cost-effective · time-saving · lean
Programmable automated machine
- androidMachine resembling a person
- actuatorDevice producing controlled motion
- sensorInput-detecting device
- servomechanismFeedback-controlled automatic mechanism
manipulator · programming · kinematics · prosthesis · bionic · articulation · gripper · autonomous
equipment
Tools for a task
implement · gear · instrumentation · tooling · retrofit · upgrade · install · motor · engine · conveyor
automation
Self-operating system design
program · workflow · trigger · routine · schedule · process · task · sequence · command · deploy
productivity
Output relative to input
- optimizeMake maximally effective
- throughputProcessing rate over time
- outputWhat something generates
streamline · performance · precision · speed · capacity · scalability · cost-effective · time-saving · lean · systematic
robot
Programmable automated machine
- androidMachine resembling a person
- actuatorDevice producing controlled motion
- sensorInput-detecting device
servomechanism · manipulator · programming · kinematics · prosthesis · bionic · articulation · gripper · autonomous · humanoid
tank
Large storage vessel
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- armoredProtected by metal covering
- motorizedEquipped with engine propulsion
cavalry · infantry · battalion · division · warfare · mobilization · weaponry · armament · logistics · convoy
- automationautomation, macros, macro, automate, hotkeys
- innovateinnovate, modernize, revolutionize, transform, overhaul
mechanizehandcraft
Create something manually
handmake · craft · manual labor · handiwork · humanize
- mechanical pencilRetractable lead writing device
- auto mechanicVehicle repair specialist
- defense mechanismUnconscious self-protective mental process
- mechanical systemsAssemblies using motion and force
- coping mechanismMethod for managing distress
- mechanical bullMotorized rodeo simulator
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