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"Merriam-Webster describes a robot as a "machine that looks like a human being and performs various complex acts (as walking or talking) of a human being", or a "device that automatically performs complicated often repetitive tasks", or a "mechanism guided by automatic controls".<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/robot "Robot". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved 2008-08-04] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot Wikipedia: Robot].</ref> | "Merriam-Webster describes a robot as a "machine that looks like a human being and performs various complex acts (as walking or talking) of a human being", or a "device that automatically performs complicated often repetitive tasks", or a "mechanism guided by automatic controls".<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/robot "Robot". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved 2008-08-04] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot Wikipedia: Robot].</ref> | ||
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Definition
"Merriam-Webster describes a robot as a "machine that looks like a human being and performs various complex acts (as walking or talking) of a human being", or a "device that automatically performs complicated often repetitive tasks", or a "mechanism guided by automatic controls".[1]
Etymology
"From both the Czech and the Slovak robota. First appeared in the 1921 science-fiction play R.U.R. by Karel Čapek after having been suggested to him by his brother Josef".[2]
History
First robots in literature. Wizard of Oz. Rossum's Robots.
