A look at the current state of industrial and service robotics, a century after the Czech play "R.U.R." introduced the word "robot" to the English language (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal:
A look at the current state of industrial and service robotics, a century after the Czech play “R.U.R.” introduced the word “robot” to the English language  —  A century after playwright Karel Čapek coined the word ‘robot,’ we finally have the technology …

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