Where does the name Rossum come from?
It was the year 1920, and the world was recovering from the evils of the First World War. While the cannons fell silent and the weapons ceased fire, people reached toward a new future.
That future was also sought by Čapek’s play. In it, Rossum’s factories gave birth to human-like robots that could work just like any of us. The idea was revolutionary, bringing a piece of tomorrow’s world before a stunned audience.
The play became a success. The word “robot,” used for the first time, became established, and the play was, in other ways, astonishingly ahead of its time. Its influence is visible today all over the world, including in our software company here in Lahti…
