SmartClick - #DidYouKnow? The word “robot” comes from the Czech word “robota”, meaning "forced labor". The term was coined by Czech artist Josef Čapek whose brother Karel Čapek introduced the word robot
Art du Souvenir - Josef Čapek (1887 - 1945, Bergen-Belsen concentration camp), Czech African King, 1920 oil Veletržní palác, Prague, Czechia Josef Čapek (1887-1945) was born in Hronov, Bohemia (Austria-Hungary, now Czech
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