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a tireless metal worker named after the Czech word for forced labor.
means A machine, especially a programmable one, built to perform tasks automatically, often in place of human labor.
from Coined for Karel Čapek's 1920 play R.U.R., from Czech 'robota' meaning forced labor or drudgery — the kind owed by a serf to a lord, rooted in the Slavic 'rab,' a slave. Čapek's brother Josef is credited with suggesting the word. So the very name carries the ghost of compulsory toil, fitting for creatures built to work without rest.
- name origin
- From Czech robota, meaning serfdom or drudgery
- first use
- Coined in a 1920 play where robots revolt
- car factories
- Industrial arms have welded cars since 1961
- three laws
- Asimov's safety rules are pure fiction, not code
- space crew
- Rovers have outlived their missions on Mars for years
sophia — humanoid robot by hanson robotics, granted saudi arabian citizenship in 2017
atlas — boston dynamics bipedal robot, can parkour and do backflips as of 2024
spot — boston dynamics quadruped robot deployed for inspection and research since 2020
optimus — tesla humanoid robot in development, first prototypes shown in 2022