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