![The thing you might not know is that robots began their life in the theatre. The word robot was coined in a play by Czech writer Karel Capek in 1921. - ABC The thing you might not know is that robots began their life in the theatre. The word robot was coined in a play by Czech writer Karel Capek in 1921. - ABC](https://www.abc.net.au/cm/lb/9011478/data/the-thing-you-might-not-know-is-that-robots-began-their-life-in-data.jpg)
The thing you might not know is that robots began their life in the theatre. The word robot was coined in a play by Czech writer Karel Capek in 1921. - ABC
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Karel Čapek zemřel na plicní edém: "Zachránil“ ho před gestapem! Utopilo ho jeho vlastní tělo | Blesk.cz
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Karel Čapek: Masarykův literární tajemník, jehož jméno bylo v cizině českým kapitálem, by oslavil 130 let | Reflex.cz
![Capek had trouble naming his creatures. He settled on the word "robot", borrowed from the Czech word "robota", meaning a kind of labour or serfdom. After critical success in Prague, the play Capek had trouble naming his creatures. He settled on the word "robot", borrowed from the Czech word "robota", meaning a kind of labour or serfdom. After critical success in Prague, the play](https://www.abc.net.au/cm/lb/9011542/data/capek-had-trouble-naming-his-creatures.-he-settled-on-the-word-data.jpg)