When and where was the word robot first used?

The Word "robot" derives from Czech "robota"meaning servitude forced labor, which derives form the Czech "rab" which means slave."

It was first used in a play called "R.U.R." or "Rossum's Universal Robots" by the Czech writer Karel Capek.

However, literary credit is usually assigned (incorrectly) to the Czech Isaac Asimov who wrote "Runaround", a story about robots which contained the "Three Laws of Robotics".

A short history for the use of the Word is in the link below.