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English word robot comes from Czech robota

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robota (Czech)

(colloquial, usually, pejorative) any arduous work; drudgery, grind, slog. Serfdom, villeinage.

robot (Czech)

Robot.

robot (English)

(South Africa) A traffic light (from earlier robot policeman).. (chiefly, science fiction) An intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal.. (figuratively) A person who does not seem to have any emotions.. (surveying) A theodolite which follows the movements of a prism and can be used by a one-man crew.. A machine built to carry [...]

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