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The word Robot is derived from the Czech word Robo which means 'work'.

The word was first coined by Karel Čapek for his 1920 play RUR.

In its original Czech, robota means forced labour of the kind that serfs had to perform on their masters' lands, and is derived from rab, meaning "slave".

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The word "computer" come directly from the Latin word "computare" which means to arrive at [or answer] by mathematical means.

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