6/29/2023 0 Comments Play by karel capek![]() ![]() Before diving into origins of the word ‘robot’, the way it was invented and the delicate details of the play I want to tell you something about Karel Capek himself, the literary heritage he left and his life. Typical models have no individuality whatsoever and most humans regard them as machines. They are mass manufactured as grown-up individuals, they eventually go out of order because of wear and tear and they can be designed as needed. Something like artificial stem cells.Īlthough Robots’ origins are biological they are ‘mechanical’ in any other sense of the word. ![]() In this play a scientist named Rossum manages to synthesize matter that can then be used to create artificial yet functional organs and tissue similar to natural ones. It has to be noted that robots in Karel Capek’s play are quite different from those machines we regard as robots today. Furthermore, it explores different issues that could arise if artificial life was created. ![]() First of all, this play is the reason why the word ‘robot’ was invented. The most important of his works from robotics point of view is definitely the play Rossum’s Universal Robots or R.U.R., published in 1921. ![]() In his works sci-fi is often used as a prism through which different issues can be explored. It has to be noted that at that time sci-fi wasn’t yet considered a separate genre. Apart from his other works he wrote a few science fiction and fantasy works. ![]()
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