Question:
Did Isaac Asimov invent the word robot?
Robots and Isaac Asimov:
A robot is defined as a programmable machine that is able to complete functions automatically without real-time programming. Most cultural representations of robots feature small "helper" robots - like Disney's Wall-E - or humanoid robots - like C-3PO from Star Wars. However, a robot can be something as simple as a mechanical arm that is programmed to pick up a basketball and shoot it at a hoop.
Isaac Asimov's name is often associated with robots. Asimov (1920-1992) was a Russian-born, American biochemistry professor and science fiction writer who - one might argue - popularized the idea of robots in the cultural imagination. Asimov wrote hundreds of short stories, several novels, and many nonfiction books during his lifetime, most of which dealt with scientific themes either in fictional universes or in the contemporary world for popular readers.
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No, Isaac Asimov did not invent the word robot. The Slavic term for forced labor - robota - was used to describe peasant workers in feudal times and...
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