# Robot **Entity class:** Concept or analytic term **Domain:** Artificial Life / Labor / Language **Doc Type:** Term **Maturity:** Developed **Related:** [[R.U.R.]], [[Synthetic Hosts]], [[Rights]], [[Compelled Agency]], [[wiki/Bauhaus Architects of AI|Bauhaus Architects of AI]] ## Definition Robot derives from the Czech robota, compulsory labor. Josef Čapek proposed the word and Karel Čapek introduced it globally through R.U.R. ## Bauhaus Architects Context The etymology makes labor and coercion constitutive rather than incidental. The first robots were organic manufactured workers, not generic mechanical devices. ## Backlinks - [[wiki/Bauhaus Architects of AI|Bauhaus Architects of AI]] - [[articles/Bauhaus Architects of AI|Bauhaus Architects of AI]] ## Relationships <!-- BEGIN HUMANIZED RELATIONSHIPS 2026-09-11 --> This entry is routed through [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]], [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]], and [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]]. Its source context is developed in [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] and [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]]. Status-qualified source edges are preserved in the terminal Research Edges section. <!-- END HUMANIZED RELATIONSHIPS 2026-09-11 --> ## Read First in the Wiki <!-- BEGIN HUMANIZED WIKI ROUTES 2026-09-11 --> - [[wiki/Rights|Rights]] — supplies the related concept or analytic term context needed to place **Robot** within the wider system. <!-- END HUMANIZED WIKI ROUTES 2026-09-11 --> ## Research Edges <!-- BEGIN HOST RESIDUAL RELATIONSHIP GRAPH 2026-09-10 --> #### Host–residual infrastructure patch — 2026-09-10 **Collections:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] **Canonical source article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] **Related acquisition source:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] **Relationship source:** [[research/Mind Uploading and AI Host-Residual Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Mind Uploading and AI Host-Residual Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]] #### Outgoing typed edges - **HR-1032 — `wiki_links_to` → [[wiki/Rights|Rights]]** — **EXISTING WIKI EDGE**; evidence `WIKI_ARCHIVE`. Direct internal link currently present in `Robot.md`. <!-- END HOST RESIDUAL RELATIONSHIP GRAPH 2026-09-10 -->