the word robotics first appeared in print on may 1941.
the word robotics first appeared in print on may 1941.
when did the word robotics first appear in print?
may 1941
according to the "oxford english dictionary", the word "robotics" was first used in print by isaac asimov, in his science fiction short story ""liar!"", published in may 1941 in "astounding science fiction". asimov was unaware that he was coining the term; since the science and technology of electrical devices is "electronics", he assumed "robotics" already referred to the science and technology of robots. in some of asimov's other works, he states that the first use of the word "robotics" was in his short story "runaround" (astounding science fiction, march 1942), where he introduced his concept of the three laws of robotics. however, the original publication of "liar!" predates that of "runaround" by ten months, so the former is generally cited as the word's origin.
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several of the stories feature the character of dr. calvin, chief robopsychologist at u.s. robots and mechanical men, inc., the major manufacturer of robots. upon their publication in this collection, asimov wrote a framing sequence presenting the stories as calvin's reminiscences during an interview with her about her life's work, chiefly concerned with aberrant behaviour of robots and the use of "robopsychology" to sort out what is happening in their positronic brain. the book also contains the short story in which asimov's three laws of robotics first appear, which had large influence on later science fiction and had impact on thought on ethics of artificial intelligence as well. other characters that appear in these short stories are powell and donovan, a field-testing team which locates flaws in usrmm's prototype models.
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