![TIL the word Robot was introduced in 1921 by Karel Capek who used it to describe an artificial person in his play R.U.R, (which stands for Rossum's Universal Robots) : r/todayilearned TIL the word Robot was introduced in 1921 by Karel Capek who used it to describe an artificial person in his play R.U.R, (which stands for Rossum's Universal Robots) : r/todayilearned](https://external-preview.redd.it/FV0KwbnesNBSBBLkJ1nOhmLf_hY60lVZsaOcAIpwN_s.jpg?auto=webp&s=0b95c126dc08a13d86934e104be714e3c4d4a1b9)
TIL the word Robot was introduced in 1921 by Karel Capek who used it to describe an artificial person in his play R.U.R, (which stands for Rossum's Universal Robots) : r/todayilearned
![R.U.R., by Karel Čapek. Translated by Paul Selver and Nigel Playfair - Free ebook download - Standard Ebooks: Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover. R.U.R., by Karel Čapek. Translated by Paul Selver and Nigel Playfair - Free ebook download - Standard Ebooks: Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover.](https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/karel-capek/r-u-r/paul-selver_nigel-playfair/downloads/thumbnail_affd0eaf4b99c47daa6e57fdcfa59f7f89ff19c1_EBOK_portrait.jpg)
R.U.R., by Karel Čapek. Translated by Paul Selver and Nigel Playfair - Free ebook download - Standard Ebooks: Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover.
Scene from Karel Capek's play "R.U.R." Set designed by: Lee Simonson. Costumes by: Kate Drain Lawson. - NYPL Digital Collections
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