March of the Robots Mechanical Men Have Moved Onto Assembly Lines

IF Jules Verne didn't live to see his imaginary deep-sea divers and out er-space voyagers come to life, the same can be said for Karel Capek, a frighteningly fanciful Czech dramatist of the 1920s. In Capek's best-known play, R.U.R., a firm called Rossum's Universal Robots mass-produce...

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Published inBarron's national business and financial weekly Vol. 56; no. 43; p. 3
Main Author Thomas, Dana L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston, Mass Dow Jones & Company Inc 25.10.1976
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Employment
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Marketing
Payroll costs
Robots
Workers
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Summary:IF Jules Verne didn't live to see his imaginary deep-sea divers and out er-space voyagers come to life, the same can be said for Karel Capek, a frighteningly fanciful Czech dramatist of the 1920s. In Capek's best-known play, R.U.R., a firm called Rossum's Universal Robots mass-produces synthetic...
ISSN:0005-6073