Robot
/ˈroʊ.bɒt/noun
A machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically.
Did you know?Coined by Karel Čapek in his 1920 play R.U.R. It comes from a word meaning 'forced labor'.
Etymological Timeline
Old Church Slavonic
Slavic
rabota
“Servitude”
Central European
Czech
robota
“Forced labor, drudgery”
1920
Czech
robot
“Artificial worker”
Modern English
English
Robot
“Automated machine”