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Category Archives: Karel Čapek
Robots from the Czech Republic
Who knew the term ‘robot’ came from the Czech ‘robota’, meaning ‘forced labour’? Not me. I only discovered this recently when I found this second-hand copy of Karel Čapek’s play R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots), which premiered 90 years ago, in … Continue reading
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