I, Robot

I, Robot is a collection of nine science fiction short stories by Isaac Asimov, first published by Gnome Press in 1950. The stories originally appeared in the magazines Super Science Stories and Astounding Science Fiction between 1940 and 1950. Though the stories work well enough individually, they share a theme of the interaction of humans, robots and morality, and when combined they tell a larger story of Asimov's fictional history of robotics.

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Science fiction - Short stories - Isaac Asimov - Gnome Press - 1950 - Super Science Stories - Astounding Science Fiction - 1940 - Human - Robot - Morality - Robotics

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Several of the stories feature the character of Dr. Susan Calvin, chief robopsychologist at U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc., the major manufacturer of robots. Upon their publication in this collection, Asimov wrote a framing sequence presenting the stories as Calvin's reminiscences during an interview with her about her life's work, chiefly concerned with aberrant behaviour of robots, and the use of "robopsychology" to sort them out.

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Susan Calvin - U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men - Framing sequence - Robopsychology

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The book also contains the short story in which Asimov's famous Three Laws of Robotics first appear. Other characters that appear in these short stories are Powell and Donovan, a field-testing team which locates flaws in USRMM's prototype models.

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Three Laws of Robotics - Powell and Donovan

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The collection's title comes from a short story by Eando Binder. Asimov originally titled his collection Mind and Iron, and initially objected when the publisher changed the title.

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A short story - Eando Binder

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