Rossum’s Universal Robots

Idea of robots is very old. Puppets and mechanical toys have been found in 5000 year before at Indus Valley Civilization. German astronomer Johann Muller made an eagle that flew before the Emperor Maximillian when he entered Numbery (Deb 1994). The first use of the word robot appeared in 1921 in the play Rossum s Universal Robots (RUR) written by the Czech playwright Karel Capeck (1890-1938). The Czech word robota means forced labor. In 1940, Isacc Asimov... 

The word robot was first used in a play written by Czechoslovakian Karel Capek in 1920. The play was called Rossum s Universal Robots. The word robot is derived from the Czech word robota, which means forced labor. ... 

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