The word “robot” itself was coined for a Czech play about 90 years ago.
Not really.
The word is ancient and has been used in Russian for centuries. Robota/Roboti was introduced to English speaking audiences by the play, but despite the author very generously attributing the first application of the word to artificial humanoids to his brother, it had been applied to slave laborers as a derogatory term for a very long time before that.