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Karel Capek's 1920 play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), in which artificial workers overthrow their masters, left an indelible mark on the science fiction genre, and the English language, by introducing the term "robot" (derived from the Czech word robota, meaning "indentured labor" or "drudgery"). ______ Capek's play also contributed to a venerable literary and mythological tradition: using artificial beings as mirrors and foils for humanity