>The word robota means literally 'corvée, serf labor', and figuratively 'drudgery, hard work' in Czech and also (more general) 'work, labor' in many Slavic lang

>The word robota means literally 'corvée, serf labor', and figuratively 'drudgery, hard work' in Czech and also (more general) 'work, labor' in many Slavic languages https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/origin-word-robot-rur/ https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/origin-word-robot-rur/