mech·a·nize 
(mĕkə-nīz′)
(mĕkə-nīz′)tr.v. mech·a·nized, mech·a·niz·ing, mech·a·niz·es
1. To equip with machinery: mechanize a factory.
2. To equip (a military unit) with motor vehicles, such as tanks and trucks.
3. To make automatic or unspontaneous; render routine or monotonous.
4. To produce by or as if by machines.
mech′a·ni·zation (-nĭ-zāshən) n.
mecha·niz′er n.