XEE3043021 Poster the film production of ?'Rossum?'s Universal Robots?' (colour litho); Private Collection; (add.info.: R.U.R. is a 1920 science fiction play by the Czech writer Karel ASapek. R.U.R. stands for Rossumovi Univerz?Aln?? Roboti (Rossum???s Universal Robots). However, the English phrase Rossum???s Universal Robots had been used as the subtitle in the Czech original. It premiered on 25 January 1921 and introduced the word "robot" to the English language and to science fiction as a whole.[); Stefano Bianchetti; out of copyright.