# Robot **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]]