@isaackuo

Czech playwright Karel Čapek wrote the 1920 play Rossum’s Universal Robots, the origin of the term robot. He based it upon the word for forced labor. A lot of early sci-fi tries to emulate the Slavic pronunciation. Rod Serling talked about ro-bits in a lot of the original Twilight Zone episodes, among others. These days anyone saying that is usually trying to be funny, probably from how Futurama liked to make fun of it. https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxjIdm-0cSTydeK_cZzJziZ5VaoU58_Bav?si=9uzkgZHNEbSPFibI

#RUR #robit #robot #etymology #TZ

Das BIT musste einen Zuschlag für seinen #Chatbot korrigieren – aus rein formellen Gründen, wie das Bundesamt erklärt. Zum Zuge kommt die Firma Innovation Process Technology, die bereits am Konzept von #Robit beteiligt war.

https://www.inside-it.ch/bit-steckt-bis-zu-15-millionen-in-seinen-chatbot-robit-20231207

Die Firma Innovation Process Technology soll "#Robit" mit Künstlicher Intelligenz ausstatten. Sie war bereits am Konzept des Chatbots des #Bundesamts für #Informatik beteiligt.

https://www.inside-it.ch/bundesamt-fuer-informatik-steckt-bis-zu-1%2C5-millionen-in-einen-chatbot-20231026

I have owned many Robot Vacuums over the years. At least three #iRobotRoomba and then I started experimenting with the many found on Amazon. I have had a #Robit and #Goovi most recently which appear to be using all the same parts since the remote and extra brushes are all interchangeable. My early experience with iRobot was not good. Most stopped working properly after a year. The two generic from Amazon I have had for multiple years. Has Roomba improved to cost so much still?