Conversation

Did you know the term "robot" was coined by Czech writer, playwright, critic, and journalist Karel Čapek in his 1920 play "R.U.R.," or Rossum's Universal Robots? “Robot” is derived from the Czech word meaning “worker.”

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https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/karel-capek/r-u-r/paul-selver_nigel-playfair