Robot
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A robot is a programmable machine with many functions, such as building automobiles or cleaning floors (as is the case with the Roomba). In science fiction, robots often are servants to the sentients of that galaxy.
Isaac Asimov popularized the notion of robots as faithful human servants with his "Three laws of robotics". The term robot achieved currency when Czech playwright Karel Capek published R.U.R. ("Rossum's Universal Robots")[1]
The typical industrial robot follows a predetermined sequence of actions, such as welding car parts together on an assembly line. Robots that use rules to make adjustments of their motion have only recently been developed.
Notes
- â Capek got the term robot from his older brother, Josef Capek. Who did actually invent the word "robot" and what does it mean?