Automanton

lanolinoil@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world – 87 points –
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In case anyone is curious and lazy, the origin of the name is Czech (for forced labor, if Wikipedia is to believed) and not English. Karel Capek wrote a play where he coined the term, and the name stuck despite his robots being biological

These damn Rob Ots always wonderin' things