1921
A play named "Rossum's Universal Robots" (R.U.R) opens in London. The play by Karel Čapek is the first time the word "robot" is used in English. In Czech, the word "robota" is associated with compulsory or forced work performed by peasants in a feudal system. The term "robot" quickly gained international recognition after the play's success and became the standard term for mechanical or artificial beings created to perform tasks. Though Čapek's robots are organic, the word came to be associated with mechanical, humanoid machines designed to perform monotonous, unskilled labor.
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