Robots

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Robots

• R.U.R.
• Rossums Universal Robot
• Karel Capek (1920)

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R.U.R.

• Karel Capek founded Czech Field of Science
  Fiction
• Robota means drugery in Slavic Languages

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Hollywood View of Robots
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Current Robots
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IRobot Inc.

• http//www.irobot.com/

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Robots in Manufacturing
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China Detroit ConnectionNew York Times, Sunday
3/12/06
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The Faustian Bargain