1) Alter 2) Automatise 3) Automatize 4) Change 5) Computerize 6) Convert to a computer system 7) Convert to machinery 8) Drop a few positions 9) Employ robots 10) Make more efficient 11) Mechanize 12) Modify 13) Mythological Greek character 14) Out-man 15) Replace humans with robots 16) Replace with a machine 1) Automatize 2) Mechanise 3) Mechanize 
[genus] Automate is a genus of pistol shrimp of the family Alpheidae, containing the following species: ...
to employ means to enable self-acting functions in a system
automate 1. To apply the principles of automation to something; such as, a mechanical process, industry, office, etc. 2. To operate or to control by automation.
[Auto words] operate or make run by machines rather than human action[Intelligent words] operate or make run by machines rather than human action