卡雷尔·恰佩克（捷克语：Karel Čapek，1890年1月9日小斯瓦托尼奥维采 - 1938年12月25日布拉格），20世纪捷克最有影响力的作家之一。

1921年，卡雷尔出版了《罗素姆的万能机器人》（Rossum's Universal Robots），书中首次使用了机械人的英文“Robota”这个词(之后才改成Robot)。卡雷尔称是其兄弟约瑟夫·恰佩克发明了该词。

卡雷尔和约瑟夫都是著名的反法西斯人士。

Karel Čapek (Czech:[ˈkarɛl ˈtʃapɛk]; 9 January 1890 – 25 December 1938) was a Czech writer of the early 20th century. He had multiple roles throughout his career such as playwright, dramatist, essayist, publisher, literary reviewer, and art critic. Nonetheless, he is best known for his science fiction, including his novel War with the Newts and the play R.U.R., (Rossum's Universal Robots) which introduced the word robot.