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I robot short stories
I robot short stories











i robot short stories

But it is just what Calvin thinks she wants to hear. This brings it into conflict with Susan Calvin, to whom it tells a lie, which is not allowed by the Three Laws of Robotics.

i robot short stories

Robot RB-34, known as Herbie, is manufactured with a fault - it reads human minds. Powell and Donovan must help Dave to work well before they are buried alive in the mine. The robot is in charge of five smaller less intelligent robots and cannot cope with the responsibility. Robot DV-5, known as Dave, works in a mine on an asteroid, but all is not well. He decides that he can do the job much better than the humans working with them, so he locks them up and takes charge. Robot QT1, known as Cutie, works on a space station. He must be rescued by Powell and Donovan at the risk of their own lives. What has happened is that Speedy's brain is confused when he senses danger and he doesn't know which Laws to obey. The two engineers supervising him, Gregory Powell and Michael Donovan, find that he is not working properly and gets lost. Robot SPD-13, known as Speedy, works in a mine on the planet Mercury. He is faster moving and more powerful than a human, so he is able to rescue Gloria when she is nearly run down by a fast-moving vehicle in a factory she is visiting with her Parents.

i robot short stories

He is used as a nursemaid for a young girl, Gloria Weston.

i robot short stories

This story tells of 'Robbie', who is a mute robot (he can hear and obey commands but cannot speak). Susan Calvin, tells each story to a reporter.Īsimov originally wanted to call the collection Mind and Iron. The Chief Robopsychologist of 'United States Robots and Mechanical Men', which made the positronic robots, Dr. The stories are all about positronic robots. The stories follow on from each other and are linked with a framing narrative that is, a story that ranges over all the stories and connects them. The stories originally appeared in the American magazines Super Science Stories and Astounding Science Fiction between 19 and were compiled into a book in 1950. I, Robot is a collection of nine science fiction short stories by Isaac Asimov.













I robot short stories