R.U.R.
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R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) is a science fiction play by Karel Čapek. It premiered in 1921 and is famous for having introduced and popularized the term robot.
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See also
- AI takeover
- The Steam Man of the Prairies (1868), an early American depiction of a "mechanical man"
- Tik-Tok, L. Frank Baum's earlier depiction (1907) of a similar entity
- Detroit: Become Human (2018), a narrative video game built around a rebellion by androids who become sentient.
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