"Fear of a Bot Planet" contained the oldest robot reference of all. The planet name, Chapek, is a reference to Karel Capek, the Czech playwright and author of "R.U.R." the play which coined the term "robot" when referring to mechanical creatures. (The word "robot" is derived from the Czech "robota" meaning "heavy labor."
R.U.R. Reference
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