Where Do Robots Come From? (R.U.R. was the first killer robot story) The first robots were born on January 25, 1921, the day Karl Capek’s play R.U.R. premiered in Prague, more than 80 years before Skynet achieved sentience and declared, “I think, therefore you’re all toast.” R.U.R. introduced audiences to the term “robot” (from the Czech word “robota,” meaning labor or servitude), and gave humanity its first glimpse of a world conquered by machines. I’d completely forgotten about R.U.R.! Almost every tale of a rebellious robot slave race that’s come after it owes its existence to this play. Read the story — Blade Runner, Galactica, it’s all in there. And this io9 writeup is pretty lengthy but a good read. (via io9)

Where Do Robots Come From? (R.U.R. was the first killer robot story)

The first robots were born on January 25, 1921, the day Karl Capek’s play R.U.R. premiered in Prague, more than 80 years before Skynet achieved sentience and declared, “I think, therefore you’re all toast.”

R.U.R. introduced audiences to the term “robot” (from the Czech word “robota,” meaning labor or servitude), and gave humanity its first glimpse of a world conquered by machines.

I’d completely forgotten about R.U.R.! Almost every tale of a rebellious robot slave race that’s come after it owes its existence to this play. Read the story — Blade Runner, Galactica, it’s all in there. And this io9 writeup is pretty lengthy but a good read.

(via io9)

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