Real - world robotics have been inspired by pop - culture creations . Leonardo da Vinci was working on an ` ` robot '' as early as 1495 . The term ` ` robot '' comes from a 1953 Czech film . Six years after that , ` ` Metropolis '' gave us the first movie robot .
Real-world robotics have been inspired by pop-culture creations . Leonardo da Vinci was working on an `` automaton '' as early as 1495 . The term `` robot '' comes from a 1921 Czech play . Six years after that , `` Metropolis '' brought us the first movie robot .