to drudgery or servitude. The word "robot" was first used in the play Rossum's Universal Robots (R.U.R.). In the play the robots eventually rebelled against their human masters.
Another book known to influence the field of robotics and Artificial intelligence is Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. In this book Frankenstein's creation turns against him and leads to great devastation within the Frankenstein family. It is an insight into the creation of intelligences outside of natural means.
Leaving the literary introduction automata of some kind have existed for hundreds of years. Leonardo Da Vinci even worked on robots. He created automatons for entertainment, he even pursued the idea of a robotic knight. Though not until the last century have any real robots been created. Prior to this every machine was simply a highly complex clockwork. These machines could not perceive anything (though it is argued that they still do not). And their actions, though as complex as writing a sentence, were hardwired and could not be changed. These machines could write a sentence but they couldn't tell whether there was any paper. Surprisingly we will see that this is not far off from what robots do today.
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