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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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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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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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