The word robot comes from the Czech word robota, meaning heavy labour.

机器人 (Robot) 来源于捷克语 Robota 一词，意思是“累人的活”。

The word was derived from “robota”, the slavic-language word for a forced laborer, indicating peasants in compulsory service in feudal, nineteenth century Europe.

这个词源自“robota”，斯拉夫语中的强迫劳动者，指的是 19 世纪欧洲封建社会中从事义务劳动的农民。