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  2. Robot - Wikipedia

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    The term comes from a Slavic root, robot-, with meanings associated with labor. The word "robot" was first used to denote a fictional humanoid in a 1920 Czech-language play R.U.R. (Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti – Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Čapek, though it was Karel's brother Josef Čapek who was the word's true inventor.

  3. History of robots - Wikipedia

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    In Japan, robots became popular comic book characters. Robots became cultural icons and the Japanese government was spurred into funding research into robotics. Among the most iconic characters was the Astro Boy, who is taught human feelings such as love, courage and self-doubt. Culturally, robots in Japan became regarded as helpmates to their ...

  4. R.U.R. - Wikipedia

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    "R.U.R." stands for Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti (Rossum's Universal Robots, [1] a phrase that has been used as a subtitle in English versions). [2] The play had its world premiere on 2 January 1921 in Hradec Králové; [3] it introduced the word "robot" to the English language and to science fiction as a whole. [4]

  5. List of South African English regionalisms - Wikipedia

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    (Informal) a ditzy woman (derogatory term), from the Afrikaans word pop, meaning a doll. potjie A cast iron dutch oven. robot Besides the standard meaning, in South Africa this is also used for traffic lights. The etymology of the word derives from a description of early traffic lights as robot policemen, which then got truncated with time. [34 ...

  6. List of English words of Czech origin - Wikipedia

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    robot – from Czech robot (machine resembling a human being), introduced in Karel Čapek's play R.U.R. from the 1920s. Semtex – a plastic explosive named after Semtín, part of the city of Pardubice, Czech Republic, location of its manufacturer. Slivovice , plum brandy – from Czech (more precisely, Moravian) word slíva (plum)

  7. Robotics - Wikipedia

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    In the future, cooperation between robots and humans will be diversified, with robots increasing their autonomy and human-robot collaboration reaching completely new forms. Current approaches and technical standards [ 161 ] [ 162 ] aiming to protect employees from the risk of working with collaborative robots will have to be revised.

  8. Robots in literature - Wikipedia

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    In Lyman Frank Baum's children's novel Ozma of Oz, the first-ever introduction of a humanoid-appearance mechanical man that would satisfy the later "humanoid robot" definition occurred in 1907 - some fifteen years before the word "robot" was coined - with Tik-Tok, powered with a trio of clockwork movements for his thinking, movement and speech ...

  9. Outline of robotics - Wikipedia

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    The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to robotics: . Robotics is a branch of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and computer science that deals with the design, construction, operation, and application of robots, as well as computer systems for their control, sensory feedback, and information processing.