• Genrawir@social.fossware.spaceEnglish
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    1 year ago

    In case anyone is curious and lazy, the origin of the name is Czech (for forced labor, if Wikipedia is to believed) and not English. Karel Capek wrote a play where he coined the term, and the name stuck despite his robots being biological

    • Kotsi3P0English
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      1 year ago

      Comes from the word “robota” or “robotovať” which literally means “to work” doesn’t need to be a forced work, but yes Čapek was first who used the word “Robot”.