One hundred years since a hellish vision of technology spawned that fateful word: robot
The Irish National Youth Theatre production of RUR in 2017. Photograph: Fiona Morgan Photography for National Youth Theatre, Ireland 2017
The Irish National Youth Theatre production of RUR in 2017. Photograph: Fiona Morgan Photography for National Youth Theatre, Ireland 2017
The Czech playwright Karel Čapek coined the expression for artificial men in 1921. Now they are far more than science fiction
Sun 10 Jan 2021 03.45 EST
“Listen Josef,” said the Czech playwright Karel Čapek to his brother. “I have an idea for a play.”
Josef, an artist of some renown, was painting furiously and unimpressed by his brother’s intrusion. “What kind of play?” he asked, sharply. Karel set out the plot. In the future, humans have created synthetic, humanoid creatures to increase productivity in the factories and fight wars on the battlefield. Built as slave workers, they will eventually rise up an
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