The first instance of a modern robot was the equipment that was visible in clocks kept in medieval churches. This was an innovative discovery of clever watchmakers of those times who applied the theory of automation into practice. The word "robot" is derived from the Czech word "Robota," which means "compulsory labor." Karel Capek, a Czech author and dramatist first used this term in his 1921 play, Rossum's Universal Robots. Since then, the term has been used to refer to any equipment that accomplishes tasks with a great degree of ease; these tasks are often the sort that a human being may find complicated or undesirable.
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