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Robots

Patented: History of Inventions

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The First Use of the Word Robot

First mention of the word robot in Rossam's universal robots. Story is now so familiar, because it's basically a robot rebellion story. The factory workers are replaced by robots that then rise up and take over the world. "It was the first attempt to describe this potential danger of replacing humans"

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