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Since then, robots have become known as more practical programmable machines that do not necessarily resemble living creatures. [6] Robots (or other artificial beings) designed to convincingly resemble humans are known as "androids". The term animatronics is a portmanteau of animate and electronics.
The term comes from a Slavic root, robot-, with meanings associated with labor. The word "robot" was first used to denote a fictional humanoid in a 1920 Czech-language play R.U.R. (Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti – Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Čapek, though it was Karel's brother Josef Čapek who was the word's true inventor.
Vyommitra (Indian Space Research Organisation, 2020). A gynoid, or fembot, is a feminine humanoid robot.Gynoids appear widely in science fiction films and arts. As more realistic humanoid robot design becomes technologically possible, they are also emerging in real-life robot design.
The later real robot genre features robots that do not have mythical superpowers, but rather use largely conventional, albeit futuristic weapons and power sources, and are often mass-produced on a large scale for use in wars. [19] The real robot genre also tends to feature more complex characters with moral conflicts and personal problems. [20]
A group of anti-killer robot protesters. While commonly used as a slang term for combat robots, the precise definition of "killer robot" is heavily debated. [1] Loitering munitions have been described as real-life examples of killer robots due to their ability to hover autonomously above the battlefield until they find a target. [3]
In 2004, this real life universe also inspired three novels [62] and a Dorling Kindersley guide, which focused on Dreamwave as the "true" continuity when discussing in-universe elements of the characters. In a new twist, Primus and Unicron are siblings, formerly a being known as the One.
Coppélia, a life-size dancing doll in the ballet of the same name, choreographed by Marius Petipa with music by Léo Delibes (1870) The word robot comes from Karel Čapek's play, R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), written in 1920 in Czech and first performed in 1921. Performed in New York 1922 and an English edition published in 1923.
Mecha, also known as giant robot or simply robot, is a genre of anime and manga that feature mecha in battle. [1] [2] The genre is broken down into two subcategories; "super robot", featuring super-sized, implausible robots, and "real robot", where robots are governed by realistic physics and technological limitations.