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The word umbot comes from the most commonly used Slavic word that can be found in the dictionary of shared words: robot. Robot comes from the word “rabota” – work, “rabotnik” – worker –therefore  robot. The umbot has three divisions which support it etymologically. “Um”, meaning intellect and the deeper capacity for understanding. Um, also short for “umetnost” (art). Um, from “Zaum”, denoting a type of art.

The umbot is produced in the following steps: from the sign, to the model, the remote-controlled model, and in the end the technological abstract, which is put in equatorial orbit. From the moment the umbot begins to telemit “syntapiens” information to earth and into deeper space, it becomes an “emancipated umbot”.

The main difference between a robot and an umbot is that the robot uses human mimesis for its chosen functions, while the umbot is abstract on all levels.