Question of the day

[CatmanV2]

Go on then

When and in what context was the word 'Robot' first used?

C

 

[allandwf]

I managed to get a question right without actually answering the question. A Munro is the name for a mountain in Scotland above 3000 feet as allandwf says named after Sir Hugh Munro.

I had guessed that a Marilyn was probably a smaller version but as i didnt really answer the question does somebody else want to jump in with a question.

It was close enough for me, I didn't relish 4 or 5 days debate on the definition of a hill.

 

[drewf]

It's the masculine version of 'robotka'

 

[daverichardson]

It means something like to serve
Probably from a movie like Metropolis? So 1920's
Just a guess that one

 

[CatmanV2]

1920's is correct, but in every other aspect I am afraid you're both wrong.

C

 

[Zep]

I would have said Isaac Asimov but 1920 is too early for that...

 

[CatmanV2]

I would have said Isaac Asimov but 1920 is too early for that...

You're right. It is

C

 

[drewf]

Wrong.

It's from a Czech play 'Rossum's Universal Robots' in 1920. It means 'Forced Labour' - there were male Robots and female Robotkas. Certainly not invented by Asimov...

 

[CatmanV2]

Wrong.

It's from a Czech play 'Rossum's Universal Robots' in 1920. It means 'Forced Labour' - there were male Robots and female Robotkas. Certainly not invented by Asimov...

It is.... 'too early' for Asimov.

You, OTOH, Mr F are correct. I couldn't find any reference to robotkas, but otherwise over to your good self.

C

 

[drewf]

Serendipitously I have just written a piece about robots, otherwise I wouldn't have known

Bit tricky for me to set one - back to you C, if you don't mind.

 

[spkennyuk]

It was close enough for me, I didn't relish 4 or 5 days debate on the definition of a hill.

Lol. No i meant i didnt actually say what a Munro was Allan. I just said i knew what a Munro was.

 

[spkennyuk]

It is.... 'too early' for Asimov.

You, OTOH, Mr F are correct. I couldn't find any reference to robotkas, but otherwise over to your good self.

C

Asimov's was the term Robotic and the three laws of robotics.

 

[CatmanV2]

What did the (original) man from Porlock do?

C

 

[spkennyuk]

What did the (original) man from Porlock do?

C

Not close the door properly

I have no idea

 

[Zep]

Wrong.

It's from a Czech play 'Rossum's Universal Robots' in 1920. It means 'Forced Labour' - there were male Robots and female Robotkas. Certainly not invented by Asimov...

I know, just trying to get my post count up

 

[CatmanV2]

I know, just trying to get my post count up

Hardly in the spirit of things, young Zep

C

 

[Zep]

Hardly in the spirit of things, young Zep

C

Sorry, I mean't to say "thinking out loud"....

 

[zagatoes30]

STC I assume?

 

[CatmanV2]

stc i assume?

stc?

C

 

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