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Where did the word robot come from?

Updated: 9/13/2023
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The word came into Enflish from the Czech language in 1923, via the English translation of the 1920 play "R.U.R." ("Rossum's Universal Robots"), by Karel Capek (1890-1938), from Czech robotnik "slave," from robota "forced labor, compulsory service, drudgery."

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