| ▲ | technothrasher 3 hours ago | |
Well, to be pedantic, if it's 19th century it would have to be an automaton. The word robot wasn't coined until 1923. | ||
| ▲ | johncessna 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
From the article > (The word "robot" didn't appear until 1921, when Czech dramatist Karel Čapek coined it in his science fiction play R.U.R..) | ||
| ▲ | PeterWhittaker 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
The actual title of the short uses the word "automate", French for "automaton"; I suspect NPR simply used the more familiar word in their headline for clarity. | ||
| ▲ | mig39 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
You didn't read the link, did you? This is addressed in the article. | ||