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lb:androids [2025-09-19 18:39:44] – ↷ Links adapted because of a move operation ninjasrlb:androids [2025-09-22 07:02:15] (current) – ↷ Links adapted because of a move operation 57.141.0.25
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 ===== Description & Notes ===== ===== Description & Notes =====
 ==== Origin ==== ==== Origin ====
-The play [[playground:media:rur|R.U.R.]] was the source of the word ‘robot’ and it's also a very unusual depiction of robots/androids by modern standards (fully biological). But we'll get into that later. R.U.R. could be seen as the place where modern androids actually began as a trope. The other major influence would be I, Robot, the book by Isaac Asimov.\\+The play [[lb:rur|R.U.R.]] was the source of the word ‘robot’ and it's also a very unusual depiction of robots/androids by modern standards (fully biological). But we'll get into that later. R.U.R. could be seen as the place where modern androids actually began as a trope. The other major influence would be I, Robot, the book by Isaac Asimov.\\
 Asimov made them fully mechanical; created the Three Laws of Robotics (which are bad); and established how robots are supposed to act. Asimov made them fully mechanical; created the Three Laws of Robotics (which are bad); and established how robots are supposed to act.
 ==== General Depiction ==== ==== General Depiction ====
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 They have the capacity to become self-aware, as Sunny is definitely conscious. They have the capacity to become self-aware, as Sunny is definitely conscious.
 ==== R.U.R. ==== ==== R.U.R. ====
-[[playground:media:rur]] is the origin of the term ‘Robot’ which is originally Czech. Though this play also depicts androids.+[[lb:rur]] is the origin of the term ‘Robot’ which is originally Czech. Though this play also depicts androids.
  
 Depicts 100% biological androids, which is what makes it so unusual by modern standards. This is also the source of the Robot Uprising trope. Depicts 100% biological androids, which is what makes it so unusual by modern standards. This is also the source of the Robot Uprising trope.
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