(15907) Robot = 1997 TG10
The word "robot" was invented by Czech writer Josef Čapek
for an artificial man in the famous play R. U. R. ("Rossum's
Universal Robots") written by his brother Karel Čapek in 1920.
Later it became a general term used for automated devices of various
kinds.
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A complete set of naming citations of the numbered minor planets is available in the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, edited by Lutz Schmadel.