In 1921, Czech sci-fi writer Karl Capek introduced the word “robot” in his futuristic play R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots).  In Czech, “robota” basically translates to “hard work” or “forced labor.”  In Capek’s story, all the machines at a factory rebel against and rewire the humans, turning them into mindless workers called “robots.”  The robots in the play did not look like our modern view of robots…you know, the anthropomorphic metal guys that can’t feel human emotions like love even though they find themselves falling in love.  The robots in the play were identical to humans physically, but were assembled without the ability to think for themselves.  Like child actors who work for the Disney Channel.