Rossum’s Universal Robots: A Technology Studies Perspective

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
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. It was quickly adapted for radio and television as well
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. Through this success, it had a significant influence on technologists, writers, and general audiences
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.