{"title":"Rossum’s Universal Robots: A Technology Studies Perspective","authors":"Cameron Shelley","doi":"10.1109/MTS.2024.3400033","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Karel Čapek’s play R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots) was a big hit when it was first performed in the 1920s. Written in Czech, it was soon translated into English and other languages and performed throughout Europe and the Anglo-American world \n<xref>[1]</xref>\n. It was quickly adapted for radio and television as well \n<xref>[2]</xref>\n. Through this success, it had a significant influence on technologists, writers, and general audiences \n<xref>[3]</xref>\n.","PeriodicalId":55016,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Technology and Society Magazine","volume":"43 2","pages":"78-87"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1000,"publicationDate":"2024-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"IEEE Technology and Society Magazine","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10538255/","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Karel Čapek’s play R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots) was a big hit when it was first performed in the 1920s. Written in Czech, it was soon translated into English and other languages and performed throughout Europe and the Anglo-American world
[1]
. It was quickly adapted for radio and television as well
[2]
. Through this success, it had a significant influence on technologists, writers, and general audiences
[3]
.
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