Karel Čapek
The term "robot" was first used in a play published by the Czech Karel Čapek in 1921. "R.U.R." (Rossum's Universal Robots) was a satire, robots were manufactured biological beings that performed all unpleasant manual labor. According to Čapek, the word was created by his brother Josef from the Czech word "robota" 'corvée', or in Slovak 'work' or 'labor'. (Karel Čapek was working on his play during his stay in Trenčianske Teplice in Slovakia where his father worked as a medical doctor.) The play "R.U.R," replaced the popular use of the word "automaton".