Why the definition of robot is so important? It dictates how robot looks and function. However, when you research into the topic of robot or robotic, you would discover it is difficult, if not impossible to draw a conclusion on what actually robot is?
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First use of the word 'Robot' |
The Czech playwright Karel Capek originated the term robot in his 1920 play "R.U.R." It was derived from the Czechoslovakian word robota or robotnik which means slave, servant, or forced labor. In the play, machine workers overthrow their human creators when a scientist gives them emotions.
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First use of the word 'Robotics' |
The word 'robotics' was first used in Runaround, a short story published in 1942, by Isaac Asimov (born Jan. 2, 1920, died Apr. 6, 1992). I, Robot, a collection of several of these stories, was published in 1950. Asimov proposed the following "Laws of Robotics":
 Law Zero:
A robot may not injure humanity, or, through inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.
Law One:
A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm, unless this would violate a higher order law.
Law Two:
A robot must obey orders given it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with a higher order law.
Law Three:
A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with a higher order law.
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