FHKI 60th Anniversary Commemorative Album

「 Robot 」一詞起源於 1920 年，由捷克斯洛伐克 作家卡雷爾‧恰佩克（ Kare l Čapek ）創作。他 分別根據捷克文的「 Robo t a 」（意指勞役）和 波蘭文的「 Robo t n i k 」（意指工人），創造出 「 Robot 」一詞。 意想不到的是， 1959 年美國人英格伯格（ Joseph Engelberger ）和德沃爾（ George Devol ）聯 手製造出世界上第一個工業機械人。他們認為汽車 工業工序比較危險，加上汽車工業的生產過程較為 固定，適合使用重型機器，故此創造出機械人協助 生產汽車。隨後，英格伯格成立了世界上第一家機 械人製造公司 Unimation ，開始了機械人參與工 業生產的歷史。 The term“Robot” originated in 1920 andwas created by the Czechoslovakian writer Karel Čapek. He coined the word “Robot” based on the Czech word “Robota” (meaning labour) and the Polish word “Robotnik” (meaning worker). Unexpectedly, in 1959 Americans Joseph Engelberger and George Devol jointly created the world’s first industrial robot. They thought the production process of the automobile industry was relatively more dangerous but stable, and thus was suitable for the use of heavy machinery. They therefore created a robot to assist in the production of cars. Subsequently, Engelberger established Unimation, the world’s first robotic manufacturing company, which began the history of robotics participating in industrial production. 香港工業小知識 Trivia 香港工業總會六十周年紀念專集 82