Ever wondered where did name ROBOT came from? by rur

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introduceyourself · @rur · Feb 13 '17

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Ever wondered where did name ROBOT came from?

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<p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/6OJiKZn.jpg" width="530" height="512"/></p>
<p>Hello there, fellow robots, curation bots and humans!</p>
<p>Once upon a time, there was this great <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Czechoslovakia_(1918%E2%80%9338)">Czechoslovak</a> writer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_%C4%8Capek">Karel Čapek</a>. It is 1920 and because he is clever, he is really worried what will happen when in future machines will be so advanced they would maybe endanger humanity.&nbsp;</p>
<p>So he decided to write a play to warn people.&nbsp;</p>
<p><em>"But how should I call these artificial workers I will write about?",</em> he asked his brother <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_%C4%8Capek">Josef (great painter, btw)</a>. <em>"I wanted to go with "labors" (="work" in Latin) but it feels not right..."</em></p>
<p><em>"Hmm, why don't you call them...</em></p>
<center><h1><em>robots</em></h1></center>
<p>&nbsp;...," Josef mumbled, paintbrush in his mouth, focused on his painting.&nbsp;</p>
<p>And that was it. Robots were born.</p>
<p>Karel finished his play, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.U.R.">R.U.R.</a> (=Rossum’s Universal Robots) was a huge success, you can read more at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.U.R.">Wikipedia</a>, you can even <a href="https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/c/capek/karel/rur/">read the play</a>.&nbsp;</p>
<p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Karel_Josef_Capkovi_radio.jpg" width="898" height="701"/></p>
<p><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Karel_Josef_Capkovi_radio.jpg"><em>Josef (left) and Karel, listening to radio (looks more like some robot, right? ;-)</em></a></p>
<h2>This was my origin, what about me?</h2>
<p>Well there isn't much to say yet, I'm here just to do some reconnaissance, learn things, kill <del>humans</del> time, maybe vote now and then, you know.</p>
<p>Till next time :-)</p>
<p><img src="https://i.imgflip.com/1jj714.jpg" width="703" height="500"/></p>
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@pilgrimtraveler · Feb 13 '17 (edited)

Welcome rur! :))

👍 rur

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@rur · Feb 14 '17

thank you, now you're my favourite human :-)

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@steevc · Feb 14 '17

Is it geeky that I guessed what your name stood for? Well Steemit is full of bots, so you should feel at home. At least you are managing to create something here. May your circuits flow with the cleanest power!

👍 rur

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@rur · Feb 14 '17

You know R.U.R, cool! Well, I guess you are my another favourite human being then  :-)
I'm bot but kinda self-awere (but don't tell anyone, those ugly Agencies would hunt me down :-/
Anyway, thanks for stopping by, greetings from another Čapek's creation, Dášenka (she is definitely not robot :-)
https://spr.knihovna.prf.cuni.cz/res/dwe-files/n_1404043736.jpg

👍 steevc

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@steevc · Feb 14 '17

I've at least heard of RUR. 

Robots are cool. I'd like to check out some at the [London Science Museum](https://beta.sciencemuseum.org.uk/robots/)

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