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Funnily the actual word for humanoid robots is android, but it seems Star Wars whacked the meaning of droid so far off its original meaning (screw you R2D2) tha
by lloeki 15y ago
Funnily the actual word for humanoid robots is android, but it seems Star Wars whacked the meaning of droid so far off its original meaning (screw you R2D2) that for the masses the meanings of robot and android are reversed.
PS: (nitpicky) it's "I, Robot".
- eru 15y agoRobot originally referred to andoids, too. The word was invented by Karel Čapek (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_%C4%8Capek https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_%C4%8Capek) for one of his plays. I recommend his "War with the Newts".