RUR opera - The word robot is less than 100 years old. It was first used by the Czech writer Karel Capek in a 1920 play called R.U.R., which tells the story
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Ebook Friendly - The word "robot" was first used by a Czech writer Karel Čapek in his 1921 science fiction play R.U.R. to describe a humanoid slave. The word was coined by
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IEEE - #DYK? The word #robot comes from the Czech word “robota,” which means forced labor or work. | Facebook
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The name for “robot” has dark origins. If you look into the etymology of “ robot,” it comes from the Czech word “robota” which translates to forced labor or work. The word was
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