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It shows how the concept has developed in the human imagination through history. Robots and androids have frequently been depicted or described in works of fiction. The word "robot" itself comes from a work of fiction, Karel Čapek's play, R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), written in 1920 and first performed in 1921.
However, the play ends on an optimistic note: Robots' artificial biology causes a male and female Robot to fall in love, preserving the spirit of humanity as a result. R. U. R. and its Robots reflect contemporary anxieties about dehumanization amid the mass industrialization and militarism of the early twentieth century. [5]
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Automation and robotics are frequent themes in popular science fiction media. Combined the two are often depicted as the great destroyer of jobs and freedom. Supposedly mankind will create ...
Some fictional robots such as R2-D2 have been seen as utopian, making them popular with engineers and others. [40] In 2015, All Nippon Airways unveiled this Boeing 787-9 in R2-D2 livery. The robotics researcher Omar Mubin and colleagues have analysed the engineering mentions of the top 21 fictional robots, based on those in the Carnegie Mellon ...
Works of fiction featuring robots or otherwise addressing the implications, meaning, control, potentials, development and applications of robots. See also: Category:Fiction about cyborgs Subcategories
Fictional computers may be depicted as considerably more sophisticated than anything yet devised in the real world. Fictional computers may be referred to with a made-up manufacturer's brand name and model number or a nickname. This is a list of computers or fictional artificial intelligences that have appeared in notable works of fiction. The ...