> If we were using Robot the way we use Robot in English in Czech I am little confused by this, so I might be reading it wrong... In any case, the meaning of

> If we were using Robot the way we use Robot in English in Czech I am little confused by this, so I might be reading it wrong... In any case, the meaning of "robot" is the same in Czech as it is in English. Capek obviously did not live in an era where technology for robots as we know them today existed, however from the description of how robots were supposed to act and look like it seems very similar to later sci-fi version of "purely technological" creations. btw, according to Czech wikipedia (that seems to be sourced to Capek's own article in Czech "Lidove noviny" daily), Capek initially considered word "labor" to be used.