where is word robot derived from
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Well, it comes from an Old Church Slavonic word, rabota, which means servitude of forced labor. The word also has cognates in German, Russian, Polish and Czech. And it's really a product of Central European system of serfdom, where a tenants' rent was paid for in forced labor or service.
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In 1920, before automation as we know it today was even conceived of, Czech playright Karel ?apek introduced the word “robot” (Czech for “forced labor”) in his play Rossumovi Univerzalni Roboti – in English that translates to Rossum’s Universal Robots.
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