No, in 1921 - The term "robot" was first used in a play called "R.U.R." or "Rossum's Universal Robots" by the Czech writer Karel Capek.
No, in 1921 - The term "robot" was first used in a play called "R.U.R." or "Rossum's Universal Robots" by the Czech writer Karel Capek.
The first time the word "robot" was used was in Karel Capek's play "R.U.R." (Rossum's Universal Robots) in 1920 but the first mechanical construct that appeared in literature was "Tik-Tok" in Lyman Frank Baum's children's novel "Ozma of Oz" July 30, 1907 .
The term "robot" was first used in a play called "R.U.R." or "Rossum's Universal Robots" by the Czech writer Karel Capek.
Karel Capek wrote a play in 1921 about artificial men (play was called R.U.R.) and used the term robot for the first time.
The first robot was a wooden one that was used to weave things.
The most famous is R.U.R. or Rossums Universals Robots. FUn fact, the word robot was first invented and used in this play.
Leonardo da Vinci created the first Robot. He used simple pulleys and used them so the robot could move his arms and legs. he used no electricity obviously!
Robot is of Czech origin. From 'robota' meaning serf labour.Famously used by Karel Capek in his novel R.U.R (Rossum's Universal Robots) in 1920.
The 1921 play RUR (aka Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Capek It comes from a Czech word meaning 'slave' or 'serf'
1920
The word "robot" is first credited to the acclaimed Czech playwright Karel Capek (1890-1938), from the Czech word for forced labor or serf, in his writings in 1920. However, the concept of "mechanical men" has been around at least since the mid-1800s. The word "robotics" was first used in Runaround, a short story published in 1942, by Isaac Asimov (born Jan. 2, 1920, died Apr. 6, 1992). I, Robot, a collection of several of these stories, was published in 1950.
Robot is invented by Josef Čapek brother of a famous Czech writer Karel Čapek.