Čapek, Karel 1890-1938 creator text utu 2004 monographic cs 1 online resource : multiple file formats "R.U.R." by Karel Čapek is a science fiction play written in 1920. The title stands for Rossum's Universal Robots. Set in a factory that manufactures artificial workers from synthetic organic matter, the play explores what happens when these creations—capable of being mistaken for humans but lacking original thought—become essential to industry worldwide. The work introduced the word "robot" to the English language and quickly gained international recognition, translated into thirty languages by 1923. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.U.R. Release date is 2004-08-02 Thanks to Curtis Weyant and Al Haines for creating plain text from HTML. The HTML came from an anonymous donor. Original publication data not identified Czech drama -- 20th century Robots -- Drama Science fiction plays PG Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13083 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13083 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133317.0 13083