Asimov's Robots
created by Isaac Asimov
Part 01 of the Asimov's Future History series
Notes
Asimov carefully considered the problem of the ideal set of instructions robots might be given in order to lower the risk to humans, and arrived at his Three Laws of Robotics:
- A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm
- A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law
- A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law
These were introduced in his 1942 short story "Runaround", although foreshadowed in a few earlier stories. Later, Asimov added the Zeroth Law
- A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm
The rest of the laws are modified sequentially to acknowledge this.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first passage in Asimov's short story "Liar!" (1941) that mentions the First Law is the earliest recorded use of the word robotics. Asimov was not initially aware of this; he assumed the word already existed by analogy with mechanics, hydraulics, and other similar terms denoting branches of applied knowledge.
Titles in series
- 01 - I Robot Trilogy (prequel) by Mickey Zucker Reichert (series)
- 01 - I, Robot: To Protect by Mickey Zucker Reichert (2011)
- 02 - I, Robot: To Obey by Mickey Zucker Reichert (2013)
- 03 - I, Robot: To Preserve by Mickey Zucker Reichert (2016)
- 02 - I Robot (1950) (collection)
- 03 - Robots In Time by William F Wu (series)
- 01 - Predator by William F Wu (1993)
- 02 - Marauder by William F Wu (1993)
- 03 - Warrior by William F Wu (1993)
- 04 - Dictator by William F Wu (1994)
- 05 - Emperor by William F Wu (1994)
- 06 - Invader by William F Wu (1994)
- 04 - Mother Earth (1949) (novelette)
- 05 - The Caves Of Steel (1953)
- 06 - The Naked Sun (1956)
- 07 - The Robots of Dawn (1983)
- 08 - Robots And Empire (1986)
- 09 - Isaac Asimov's Robot Mysteries by Roger MacBride Allen (series)
- 01 - Isaac Asimov's Caliban by Roger MacBride Allen (1993)
- 02 - Isaac Asimov's Inferno by Roger MacBride Allen (1994)
- 03 - Isaac Asimov's Utopia by Roger MacBride Allen (1996)
- - The Rest Of The Robots (1964) (Collection)
- - The Complete Robot (1982) (collection)
- - Introduction (I Robot) (1950) (essay)
- - A Last Word (1982) (essay)
- - Introduction (The Complete Robot) (1982) (essay)
- - Powell and Donovan (1982) (essay)
- - Some Humanoid Robots (1982) (essay)
- - Some Immobile Robots (1982) (essay)
- - Some Metallic Robots (1982) (essay)
- - Some Non-Human Robots (1982) (essay)
- - Susan Calvin (1982) (essay)
- - Two Climaxes (1982) (essay)
- - The Positronic Man (1992)
- - Runaround by Isaac asimov (1942) (novelette)
- - Evidence (1946) (novelette)
- - Little Lost Robot (1947) (novelette)
- - The Evitable Conflict (1950) (novelette)
- - Risk (1955) (novelette)
- - Feminine Intuition (1969) (novelette)
- - Stranger In Paradise (1974) (novelette)
- - ... That Thou Art Mindful of Him (1974) (novelette)
- - The Bicentennial Man (1976) (novelette)
- - Robbie by People (1940) (short story)
- - Liar (1941) (short story)
- - Robot AL-76 Goes Astray (1941) (short story)
- - Victory Unintentional (1942) (short story)
- - Catch That Rabbit (1944) (short story)
- - Escape! (1945) (short story)
- - Satisfaction Guaranteed (1951) (short story)
- - Sally (1953) (short story)
- - First Law (1956) (short story)
- - Someday (1956) (short story)
- - Galley Slave (1957) (short story)
- - Let's Get Together (1957) (short story)
- - Lenny (1958) (short story)
- - Segregationist (1967) (short story)
- - Mirror Image (short story) (1972) (short story)
- - Light Verse (1973) (short story)
- - A Boy's Best Friend (1975) (short story)
- - Point of View (1975) (short story)
- - Think!! (1977) (short story)
- - True Love (1977) (short story)
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