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Etymology of "robot": Karel Capek's play about Rossum's Universal Robots gave the world the first use of the word robot to describe an artificial person, from the Czech word for "forced labor"
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![TIL that the word 'Robot' was introduced in 1920 in a play by Karel Capek called Rossum's Universal Robots, where they are produced as docile, human-like mechanical creatures in Rossum's factory. Robot TIL that the word 'Robot' was introduced in 1920 in a play by Karel Capek called Rossum's Universal Robots, where they are produced as docile, human-like mechanical creatures in Rossum's factory. Robot](https://external-preview.redd.it/s5EEvOvnMUdFYgxyh1ko-qvp7jJ8hTwH3_jp1gLekBE.jpg?auto=webp&s=26d005312cc16ad3ea399d4c7b2503a7c50ca1a8)