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Klaatu Barada Nikto!
The phrase "Gort! Klaatu barada nikto!" was used to stop Gort, the robot in the film, "The Day the Earth Stood Still" from destroying the world. There is no known translation for the phrase, but broke down...
"Klaatu" is the name of the humanoid alien robot protagonist in the film,
nikto means nobody in Russian.
Barada is thought to derive from 'barid', ie 'cold'...this could translate to death...Kill!
so "Klaatu kill no one"
Klaatu Barada Nikto! TRIVIA
  • In The X-files, Agent Mulder has this phrase pinned to the wall of his office.
  • In the film Star Wars Episode VI:
    Return of the Jedi,
    three of Jabba the Hutt's skiff guards are named
    Klaatu, Barada, and Nikto
  • Barada's species is Klatooinian
"Metropolis,"
The 1927 science fiction thriller introduced the robot into our culture to stay.
Even today the word "robot" reminds people of cinema's first robot, Maria, Metropolis' shining mechanical woman.
"There can be no understanding between the hands and the brain unless the heart acts as mediator."
Very few modern robots resemble human beings in any way. Most robots are more industrial and do the assembly work of dozens of humans! -- They never get paid, never get sick, don't take coffee breaks...
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"Gort! Klaatu barada nikto!"
R.U.R. - Rossum's Universal Robots...This play introduced the word "robot" first into Czech ("roboto") in its present meaning and then on to the world's languages. Czech dramatist Karel Capek coined the term "robota" in this 1921 play. The word is referring to the mechanized people in the skit.
Robota, later known as robot, means
forced labor or servitude.
                
an·droid (an'droid')  adj.  Possessing human features.
n. An automaton that is created from biological materials and resembles a human. Also called humanoid. An android is a robot made to resemble a human, usually both in appearance and behavior.    The word derives from the Greek andr-, " meaning "man, male", and the suffix -eides, used to mean "of the species; alike" (from eidos "species"). The term was coined by the French Villiers in his novel L'Ève future.[1] The word droid, a robot in the Star Wars universe, is derived from this meaning. Thus far, androids have remained within the domain of science fiction, frequently in film and television. However, some humanoid robots now exist.
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