Rossum had come to the island in 1920 to study marine biology. Here, she meets Domin, the General Manager of R.U.R., who relates to her the history of the company. Helena, the daughter of the president of a major industrial power, arrives at the island factory of Rossum's Universal Robots. Prologue (Act I in the Selver translation) A scene from the play, showing three robots Initially happy to work for humans, the robots revolt and cause the extinction of the human race. Later terminology would call them androids.) Robots may be mistaken for humans and can think for themselves. (As living creatures of artificial flesh and blood rather than machinery, the play's concept of robots diverges from the idea of "robots" as inorganic. The play begins in a factory that makes artificial people, called roboti (robots), whom humans have created from synthetic organic matter.
was successful in its time in Europe and North America. By 1923, it had been translated into thirty languages. soon became influential after its publication. The play had its world premiere on 2 January 1921 in Hradec Králové it introduced the word " robot" to the English language and to science fiction as a whole. "R.U.R." stands for Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti (Rossum's Universal Robots, a phrase that has been used as a subtitle in English versions). is a 1920 science-fiction play by the Czech writer Karel Čapek. Cover of the first edition of the play designed by Josef Čapek, Aventinum, Prague, 1920
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