Get A Grip On Robotics

Rossum's Universal Robots

The play is staged in a factory, which has these signs on the walls:

CHEAP LABOR. ROSSUM'S ROBOTS.
ROBOTS FOR THE TOPICS.
150 DOLLARS EACH.
EVERYONE SHOULD BUY HIS OWN ROBOTS.
DO YOU WANT TO CHEAPEN YOUR OUTPUT?
ORDER ROSSUM'S ROBOTS.

The plot centers around the creation of artificial workers, who eventually take over the factory - and the human owners. The play was very controversial when it when it opened in the United States a few years later.