Isaac Asimov, in his fiction science story named ... Robot (1950), The Complete Robot (1982), and Robot Visions (1990)) featured the recurring characters Powell and Donovan and introduced ...

But the word "robot" was first introduced by the Czech writer Karel Čapek in his 1921 play R.U.R., which stands for Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti (Rossum's Universal Robots).

Originally written over 60 years ago, Isaac Asimov’s I, Robot is becoming truer with every day that passes. The world that he imagined is now upon us. As Radio 4 broadcasts its adaptation of ...

From Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics to bipedal machines you can buy today, here are 12 important milestones in the development of robots.