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R.U.R.: Rosumovi Umeli Roboti

by Karel Capek

Artificial people and a rebellion in Čapek’s science-fiction play

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Artificial people and a rebellion in Čapek’s science-fiction play

First staged as a play and set around a factory producing humanlike artificial workers, R.U.R. brings questions of labor, human-made life, and control into a speculative drama. The creatures are described as organic and capable of independent thought, placing them closer to clones or cyborgs than to many present-day uses of “robot.” Their changing relationship with the people who employ them drives the work toward a conflict between humanity and its creations. The premise makes the play an early exploration of concerns that remain central to stories about artificial life and technology.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in the history of science fiction and early robot stories
  • Those curious about plays exploring artificial life, labor, and human control
  • Readers studying how ideas about robots differ across periods

Themes

Artificial lifeLabor and controlHumanity and technologyRebellion

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Book overview

R.U.R. is a 1920 science fiction play in the Czech language by Karel Capek. It quickly became famous and was influential early in the history of its publication. The play begins in a factory that makes artificial people, called roboti, out of synthetic organic matter. They are not exactly robots by the current definition of the term; these creatures are closer to the modern idea of cyborgs or even clones, as they may be mistaken for humans and can think for themselves. They seem happy to work for humans at first, but that changes, and a hostile robot rebellion leads to the extinction of the human race.
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