R.U.R.

In R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots), humanity meets its creation—and its reckoning. On a distant island, a factory builds artificial workers designed to serve mankind, until the machines begin to awaken to their own power. What starts as progress spirals into rebellion, blurring the line between maker and made. Visionary and haunting, Čapek’s play gave the world the word “robot” and a warning that still echoes: when we create life, we also create responsibility.