![]() ![]() ![]() Everyone else is convinced robots are nothing more than tools for human use. She is convinced that these new creations called robots they make are deserving of rights like humans do. is most notable for being the play that introduced the word "robot" into the English language and one of the popular early examples of the science fiction genre onstage. A hard-edged satire of the political zeitgeist of that age, it begins in the office of Rossum’s Universal Robots (the titular R.U.R.), a secret factory on a distant island, somewhere off the coast of continental Europe, in the business of making artificial people. She faces the island factory of Rossum's Universal Robots, the world's leading company in robotic engineering. Is it so, or is a robot rebellion becoming a more likely prospect as the robots start to seem more intelligent than first thought?įirst performed in English in 1922, R.U.R. This cautionary play, for which apek invented the word robot (derived from the Czech word for forced labour ), involves a scientist named Rossum who discovers the secret of creating humanlike machines. She faces the island factory of Rossum's Universal Robots, the world's leading company in robotic engineering. R.U.R., in full R.U.R.: Rossum’s Universal Robots, drama in three acts by Karel apek, published in 1920 and performed in 1921. Helena Glory, as the daughter of a major industrial power's president, is a woman on a mission. ![]() ![]() Download cover art Download CD case insert R.U.R. ![]()
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