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R.U.R.

Karel Čapek

Karel Čapek’s 1920 play R.U.R. introduced the word “robot” for the first time. Čapek’s robots are serfs, with the same self-awareness and emotions as humans. This time, Leigh E. Rich and P. T. Bridgeport discuss the play and the evolution of robots as an idea — an evolution that is only beginning.