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The robots described in Čapek's play are not robots in the popularly understood sense of an automaton. They are not mechanical devices, but rather artificial biological organisms that may be mistaken for humans.
- Karel Čapek
- 1920
R.U.R., drama in three acts by Karel Čapek, published in 1920 and performed in 1921. This cautionary play, for which Čapek invented the word robot (derived from the Czech word for forced labour ), involves a scientist named Rossum who discovers the secret of creating humanlike machines.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Karel Ä apek's Czech play RUR, (Rossum's Universal Robots) is notable for numerous reasons. Written in 1920, the play's commentary on the politics of its day earned its author a spot on the Nazi most-wanted list. RUR details a robot revolution that would overthrow the dominant class, humans, and lead to their extinction.
It is the robots rather than their masters, according to apek, who retain this potential; Harry Domin’s love for Helena and hers for him have been wasted in secret conflict.
When apek wrote R.U.R., he had no way of knowing how artificial intelligence or robotics would develop several decades later. In his time, the science of robotics was practically unknown, giving...
Feb 17, 2017 · This article reads Karel Čapek's R.U.R. through the lens of Hannah Arendt's critique of technology in The Human Condition. Arendt and Čapek share a suspicion that modernity's attempts to overcome labor through the use of technology undermines the human condition of natality.
The Mind-Body Problem in Čapek’s Rossum's Universal Robots (R.U.R.) Tom Froese. In Jitka Cejkova (ed.), Karel Capek’s R.U.R. and the Vision of Artificial Life. MIT Press ( forthcoming ) Copy BIBTEX.
