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Robot (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by toynbee@piefed.social to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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I was just reading a book which said that "robot" came from a Czech word meaning "serf." I was curious whether that was true and so looked it up. Looks like it's not 100% accurate but pretty close.

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's funny how we all know a robot when we see one, but it's hard to nail down in words, exactly the difference between the various machines that could fall under "robot".

[–] sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago

Some even argue a dishwasher is a robot.