Karel Čapek, the Czech author, coined the term “robot” (from “robota”, labor in Slavic languages; “robotnik” means “worker”) in 1920. In his play, R.U.R. - Rossum Universal Robots, artificial humans made of synthetic organic ...

This text is a continuation of the project Robotization of Work as Presented in Popular Culture, Media and Social Sciences. It is chapter five of a work that contains seven chapters (see below). Chapters 1-4 were presented ...