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  2. R.U.R. - Wikipedia

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    Helena, the daughter of the president of a major industrial power, arrives at the island factory of Rossum's Universal Robots. Here, she meets Domin, the General Manager of R.U.R., who relates to her the history of the company. Rossum had come to the island in 1920 to study marine biology. In 1932, Rossum had invented a substance like organic ...

  3. Karel Čapek - Wikipedia

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    He has become best known for his science fiction, including his novel War with the Newts (1936) and play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots, 1920), which introduced the word robot. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He also wrote many politically charged works dealing with the social turmoil of his time.

  4. R.U.R. (film) - Wikipedia

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    R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) is an upcoming science fiction musical project written and directed by Alex Proyas. The film follows a young woman, Helena, who arrives at the island factory of Rossum's Universal Robots.

  5. List of fictional robots and androids - Wikipedia

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    R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) (1921), by Karel Čapek – credited with coining the term "robot". In its original Czech, "robota" means forced labour, and is derived from "rab", meaning "slave." R.U.R. depicts the first elaborate depiction of a machine take-over. Čapek's robots can also be seen as the first androids: they are in fact organic.

  6. Czech speculative fiction - Wikipedia

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    The best-known and most important of SF writers was Karel Čapek, whose play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) (printed 1920, premiered January 1921), introduced and made popular the frequently used international word robot. [2]

  7. Liar! (short story) - Wikipedia

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    Although the word "robot" was introduced to the public by Czech writer Karel Čapek in his 1920 play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), Asimov's story "Liar!" contains the first recorded use of the word " robotics " according to the Oxford English Dictionary .

  8. Majority of registered voters accept Trump’s win as ... - AOL

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    The majority of registered voters say they accept President-elect Trump’s victory in the White House race, regardless of feelings, according to a recent exit poll. The YouGov/Economist survey ...

  9. Robots in literature - Wikipedia

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    The first use of the word "robot" was in Karel Čapek's play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) written in 1920 and first performed in Czechoslovakia in 1921, in New York City in 1922 and an English edition published in 1923. Čapek's Robots are artificially manufactured from organic materials to labor for humans, and as the play progresses ...