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One hundred years since a hellish vision of technology spawned that fateful word: robot | Robots | The Guardian
![Čapek's word robot appeared 100 years ago. In the game RUR studied by amateurs - Man - Science and technology Čapek's word robot appeared 100 years ago. In the game RUR studied by amateurs - Man - Science and technology](https://ipravda.sk/res/2021/01/04/thumbs/karel-capek-clanokW.jpg)
Čapek's word robot appeared 100 years ago. In the game RUR studied by amateurs - Man - Science and technology
![The first British robot with the letters R.U.R. inspired by Karel Capek's play, which was presented in London in 1923, at the Robot2020 exhibition in the Technical Museum in Brno, Czech Republic, The first British robot with the letters R.U.R. inspired by Karel Capek's play, which was presented in London in 1923, at the Robot2020 exhibition in the Technical Museum in Brno, Czech Republic,](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2DGAGEX/the-first-british-robot-with-the-letters-rur-inspired-by-karel-capeks-play-which-was-presented-in-london-in-1923-at-the-robot2020-exhibition-in-the-technical-museum-in-brno-czech-republic-december-8-2020-the-exhibition-is-inspired-by-the-100th-anniversary-of-the-introduction-of-the-word-robot-into-czech-and-other-languages-czech-republic-softened-the-fourth-alert-level-to-the-third-as-of-the-3rd-of-december-with-all-shops-services-and-restaurants-reopening-and-facilities-such-as-museums-galleries-and-zoos-partly-resuming-operation-ctk-photoigor-zehl-2DGAGEX.jpg)
The first British robot with the letters R.U.R. inspired by Karel Capek's play, which was presented in London in 1923, at the Robot2020 exhibition in the Technical Museum in Brno, Czech Republic,
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