{"id":23864,"date":"2026-07-10T04:37:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T02:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/10\/robota-review-machines-on-the-march-in-next-gen-version-of-sci-fi-classic\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T04:37:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T02:37:30","slug":"robota-review-machines-on-the-march-in-next-gen-version-of-sci-fi-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/10\/robota-review-machines-on-the-march-in-next-gen-version-of-sci-fi-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Robota review \u2013 machines on the march in next-gen version of sci-fi classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Schwarzman Centre, Oxford<br \/><\/strong>Headlong\u2019s take on Karel \u010capek\u2019s 1920 tale of romance and robots is rife with timely debates about tech\u2019s threat but at times the philosophical discussions drag on<\/p>\n<p>If our world is currently thinking through the brave new future of generative AI and super intelligence, Karel \u010capek\u2019s 1920 play RUR: Rossum\u2019s Universal Robots proves the notion of robot consciousness and rebellion is not a new anxiety. So does Mary Shelley\u2019s Frankenstein, which \u010capek\u2019s drama resembles in its philosophical debates and moral warnings, despite its futurism.<\/p>\n<p>Ella Road adapts \u010capek\u2019s play for our times in this Headlong and Schwarzman Centre co-production, its science apparently informed by research from Oxford University academics, which gives it a cutting-edge, real-world underpinning.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/stage\/2026\/jul\/10\/robota-review-schwarzman-centre-oxford\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/5cf081ff92e960f32e3a45afef1a1058bafe23ab\/465_0_2325_1860\/master\/2325.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=0e3d104c9d327874af6227dfe5e73b21\" title=\"Robota review \u2013 machines on the march in next-gen version of sci-fi classic\" \/>Schwarzman Centre, OxfordHeadlong\u2019s take on Karel \u010capek\u2019s 1920 tale of romance and robots is rife with timely debates about tech\u2019s threat but at times the philosophical discussions drag on<br \/>\nIf our world is currently thinking through the brave new future of generative AI and super intelligence, Karel \u010capek\u2019s 1920 play RUR: Rossum\u2019s Universal Robots proves the notion of robot consciousness and rebellion is not a new anxiety. So does Mary Shelley\u2019s Frankenstein, which \u010capek\u2019s drama resembles in its philosophical debates and moral warnings, despite its futurism.<br \/>\nElla Road adapts \u010capek\u2019s play for our times in this Headlong and Schwarzman Centre co-production, its science apparently informed by research from Oxford University academics, which gives it a cutting-edge, real-world underpinning. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schwarzman Centre, OxfordHeadlong\u2019s take on Karel \u010capek\u2019s 1920 tale of romance and robots is rife with timely debates about tech\u2019s threat but at times the philosophical discussions drag on If our world is currently thinking through the brave new future of generative AI and super intelligence, Karel \u010capek\u2019s 1920 play RUR: Rossum\u2019s Universal Robots proves &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/10\/robota-review-machines-on-the-march-in-next-gen-version-of-sci-fi-classic\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Robota review \u2013 machines on the march in next-gen version of sci-fi classic<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23864"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}