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One hundred years since a hellish vision of technology spawned that fateful word: robot | Robots | The Guardian
![TIL the word robot comes from a Czech word for forced labor. The word was first coined by Karel Capek in his 1920 play about manufactured humans rising up against their creators. TIL the word robot comes from a Czech word for forced labor. The word was first coined by Karel Capek in his 1920 play about manufactured humans rising up against their creators.](https://external-preview.redd.it/0jfGwqfIDXjoJgpIQdsRndlACtE3sogDU9KkR5E5LEE.jpg?auto=webp&s=98640d116c58cf15fb67637b4e8bdd1191cc14ba)
TIL the word robot comes from a Czech word for forced labor. The word was first coined by Karel Capek in his 1920 play about manufactured humans rising up against their creators.
![One of the Cast from Karel Capek's Drama, 'Rossum's Universal Robots'' Photographic Print | AllPosters.com One of the Cast from Karel Capek's Drama, 'Rossum's Universal Robots'' Photographic Print | AllPosters.com](https://imgc.allpostersimages.com/img/posters/one-of-the-cast-from-karel-capek-s-drama-rossum-s-universal-robots_u-L-Q1LIS7S0.jpg?artPerspective=n)