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	Little Lost Robot
		Little Lost Robot this guy has recently moved to Greenville from Portland Oregon.
		Little Lost Robot", for example, is about a special robot who's First Law has been modified dangerously, and has hidden himself among sixty-two other robots who are otherwise identical.
		The following three stories, "Little Lost Robot," "Escape!" and "Evidence" explore Calvin's deductive and analytical abilities, as she comes with a series of robots that seem determined to have their...
	www.robotflay.info /littlelostrobot (617 words)

	Little Lost Robot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Little Lost Robot (1947) is science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov.
		The robot must be found because people are still by and large afraid of robots, and if they learned that one had been built with a different First Law, there would be an outcry, even though the robot is still incapable of directly harming a human.
		After interviewing every robot separately and going down several blind alleys, Dr. Calvin finds a way to trick the robot into revealing itself, and it is destroyed before it can harm her (as it seemed about to do).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Little_Lost_Robot (402 words)

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		Robot, sir, are you the Talking Robot, sir?" She wasn't sure, but it seemed to her that a robot that actually talked was worth a great deal of politeness.
		The gigantic robots moved slowly, with mechanical precision, through the doorway that cleared their heads by a scant foot, so that the two men had to duck hurriedly, along a narrow corridor in which their unhurried footsteps boomed monotonously and into the, air lock.
		Robots had to get the bugs out of the multiple robot, and there were plenty of bugs, and there are always at least half a dozen bugs left for the fieldtesting.
	www.angelfire.com /blog2/endovelico/IsaakAsimov-IRobot.txt (22889 words)

	The Templeton Gate - Authors - Isaac Asimov - I, Robot
		Robbie is a domestic robot in the employ of George Weston, and is used primarily as a nanny and playmate to his daughter Gloria.
		Weston's anxiety over the situation is heightened as a result of increasing hostility by the general population towards robots, and she eventually is able to convice her husband to return Robbie to the company.
		Robots goes through a transition period until they are able to develop the next generation of positronic robots for use on spaceships and in the exploration of the other planets in the solar system.
	members.tripod.com /templetongate/irobot.htm (1629 words)

	I, Robot DVD
		Here are stories of robots gone mad, mind-reading robots, robots with a sense of humor, robot politicians, and robots who secretly run the world, all told with Asimov's trademark dramatic blend of science fact and science fiction.
		In I, Robot, Asimov chronicles the development of the robot through a series of interlinked stories: from its primitive origins in the present to its ultimate perfection in the not-so-distant future--a future in which humanity itself may be rendered obsolete.
		In I, Robot, Asimov chronicles the development of the robot through a series of interlinked stories: from its primitive origins in the present to its ultimate perfection in the not-so-distant future—a future in which humanity itself may be rendered obsolete.
	movie-poster.ws /0553294385/I_Robot.html (976 words)

	Review of Robot Visions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The physicists manage to create a time travel device which they use to allow a robot to travel 200 years into the future (to 2230) and he stays there for five years, but comes back to the exact same time he left from.
		There are laws against robots being used on inhabited worlds, so if this was true Stephen would not only lose the election, he would be destroyed...
		The university gladly leased, as the robot could do many things, one of the most useful of which was proofreading, and it was very cheap for such a useful robot.
	members.aol.com /petersc/robotvisionsreview.html (1320 words)

	I, Robot - Exercise Equipment - ExercisePoint.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The killer robots with red light attempted a Revolution, but the good guys aided by Sonny'who couldn't die technically as he had never been alive, put Vicci out of commission and its undeniable logic is transformed and diminished until virtually dead.
		Robots are fun to play with, but they can't ever take over the earth in any form or fashion.
		I, Robot is a collection of short stories introducing readers to Asimov's universe where the positronic brain has allowed the creation of functional robots.
	www.exercisepoint.com /P0553294385-I-Robot.html (940 words)

	I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
		These laws were created with the tacit assumption that robots would eventually become more intelligent and physically stronger than their human creators - and to give Asimov a way out of the by-then over-indulged them of the evil, rampaging robot.
		"Robbie" is a relatively straightforward tale in which an early model of robot is purchased as a playmate/babysitter for a little girl, whose mother, eventually objecting to her daughter being raised by a soulless machine, later trades the robot in for a real-live dog.
		Calvin returns in "Little Lost Robot", in which a potentially dangerous military robot whose First Law has been tinkered with is hiding out in a shipment of physically identical standard robots.
	www.scifidimensions.com /Jul04/irobot_book.htm (847 words)

	Strange Horizons Articles: Unexpected Protocol: A Critique of the "I, Robot" Book and Motion Picture, by Nina Munteanu
		The movie, recently out on DVD, begins with the Three Laws of Robotics: robots must not harm a human being; they must obey human orders, so long as this does not violate the first law; and they must protect their own existence, so long as that doesn't violate laws one and two.
		And in "Little Lost Robot," Dr. Calvin must outsmart Nestors—or the NS-2 model robots—whose positronic brains were not impressioned with the entire First Law of Robotics.
		And like the robot's own varying interpretation of the three laws, it is refreshing to see a different human's interpretation expressed.
	www.strangehorizons.com /2005/20050214/i-robot-a.shtml (2740 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Bishop is governed by the original three laws of robotics so he is unable to harm the humans and would sacrifice his own life to protect them.
		She is governed by the zeroth law that expands a robot’s responsibilities to include all of humanity rather than a single human individual.
		The robot model code NS is similar to the Nestor robots in the story “Little Lost Robot.” In the story, the first law of robotics is altered so research for hyperdrive can run smoothly.
	www-scf.usc.edu /~darrenmc/robots/asimov.htm (1019 words)

	Pulp Robots
		Many people think that every robot between the covers of pulp sci-fi magazines was doing little more than rampaging, revolting, making war on the human race, and carrying off women for no readily apparent reason.
		There were heroic robots, tragic robots, and even little a lost robot from Mars.
		Not to mention vain robots that stared in mirrors all day and a legion of robots that acted as servants, sidekicks, and general window dressings for the doings at hand.
	davidszondy.com /future/robot/pulprobot.htm (235 words)

	Amazon.com: Robot Visions: Books: Isaac Asimov,Ralph McQuarrie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Six of the stories also appear in the collection "I, Robot." The stories were written over a wide range of time, from 1940 to 1989, and they reflect the character of their times.
		One stands out: "The Bicentennial Man," about a robot who was unusually creative, and over a period of decades acts on his desire to become more independent and acquire more rights, going so far as to replace his robotic systems with organic ones in an attempt to become closer to being human.
		Robot Visions is actually the better of the two, showing a little more variety in the stories and a little more creativity (as if you could imagine Isaac Asimov being anything but creative).
	www.amazon.com /Robot-Visions-Isaac-Asimov/dp/0451450647 (1428 words)

	Classic Science Fiction Reviews: I, Robot
		He was tired of the then-current stereotypes portraying robots as "menaces or sort of wistful little creatures" that generally turned on their creators to punish them for playing god and creating life.
		In three short, self-referential rules, robots were defined as servitors and protectors to humanity, with self-preservation as a distinctly third priority.
		They are where the word "robotics" was first coined (accidentally, Asimov later said--he just assumed it was already a word) and where the science fictional concept of robots as intelligent machines--whether functional or dysfunctional, fault-ridden or flawless, still machines rather than tin humans or moralistic forces--was born.
	www.scifi.com /sfw/issue88/classic.html (519 words)

	Articles: Asimov's Deliberate Failures
		Asimov’s I, Robot stories are entertaining and inspirational, but the laws cannot be used to generate a good design for an Artificially Intelligent being.
		And robot RD-34 deceives everyone, telling people just what they want to hear in “Liar!”; I, Robot has robots that play practical jokes, to the profound discomfort of the poor victims, and robots that secretly run the world – taking the initiative away from the humans who are supposed to be in charge.
		Isaac’s Laws were meant to aid plot development for his science fiction stories, not to be a template for a robotic design, and it shows in their easily identified limitations.
	www.asimovlaws.com /articles/archives/2004/07/robot_oppressio.html (937 words)

	I, Robot - News, Pictures, MP3, Videos and Gossip
		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.
		The first paragraph is a quotation from one of the book's recurring characters Dr. Susan Calvin, but the rest is incongruous with the themes that Asimov presents in his stories.
		At the time of the collection's publication, robots were depicted in science fiction as either servile machines or evil creations that revolted in the manner of Frankenstein's monster.
	www.celebsoup.com /I,_Robot.html (423 words)

	Asimov, I, Robot
		A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
		A robot must obey the orders given 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.
	dc-mrg.english.ucsb.edu /warnerteach/e192/Asimov/asimov1.html (545 words)

	Large Print Reviews - I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov - Book Review
		The main point of these laws is that robots cannot injure a human, or allow a human to come to harm.
		I, Robot is a classic of Science Fiction literature, which provides a range of stories about robots and unlike the recent movie of the same name, does not concentrate on only one story angle.
		There are stories of dysfunctional robots, humourous stories, robots who aspire to political office, and stories about the first robots, as well as stories about the most advanced versions that threaten to make humans obsolete.
	www.largeprintreviews.com /i_robot.html (550 words)

	The History of the Positronic Robot Stories, 1954-1976
		The result was a story in which a professor sues US Robots, claiming that a robot who had proofread his book had made major, detrimental alterations to it.
		However, both the robot and Madarian die in an accident before they can announce their discovery, and Susan Calvin is called in to try to work out the robot's discovery.
		The chief engineer of US Robots is a fan of the artist's work, and in order to show his appreciation, he has the artist's robot repaired.
	www.asimovonline.com /oldsite/Robot_Foundation_history_4.html (2310 words)

	AsimovÕs Robot Short Stories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		I, Robot, his first robot collection, continues to be a popular book as do the many complete collections of his short stories about robots.
		Asimov formulated the Three Laws of Robotics in his early robot short stories--laws that would have a major influence on the SF world.
		The distinctions among robots and between robots and people and the difficulties telling robots and people apart.
	www.umich.edu /~engb415/literature/cyberzach/Asimov/completrob.html (190 words)

	Little Lost Robot
		Spoilers for "Little Lost Robot" in Isaac Asimov's "I Robot"
		She is the leading expert on the Three Robotic Laws.
		There's danger to robot and man and not a one tries to budge.
	www.freemars.org /filk/robot.html (346 words)

	I, Robot Kliatt - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The thread connecting the stories is Dr. Susan Calvin, interviewed by a reporter upon her retirement at 75 from US Robots, the company that pioneered the mechanical masterpieces.
		Sample story: "Robbie" is a robot devoted to young Gloria Weston, whose mother is determined to rid the house of him because of what the neighbors will say.
		The penultimate story is set in 2032 when a politician runs for mayor but is accused by his opponent of being a robot because he never eats, drinks, or sleeps.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0PBX/is_3_39/ai_n13724869 (279 words)

	Trivia for I, Robot (2004) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		For the character of Sonny the accused robot, the effects team used the same process that was used to create Gollum in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), with Alan Tudyk providing the body movements and voice for Sonny.
		Harold Lloyd lost several of his fingers after an accident with a prop bomb.
		SPOILER: The idea of a robot hiding in a large group of identical robots was the basis of the Asimov story "Little Lost Robot", which appeared in the original book.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0343818/trivia (728 words)

	Digital Digressions v2.0: Robots Archives
		Robots wash your dishes in the Kitchen of Tomorrow, and the Housewife of the Future uses an ice crusher shaped like a ray gun from a Flash Gordon serial to instantly pulverize bulky blocks of ice into tiny perfectly-shaped cubes, perfect for cocktails.
		Wakamaru is the new robot from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, but he's no assembly-line welder.
		Wired News reported that "Wakamaru was originally a name given to boys of a samurai class before they were old enough to have adult names." The size and appearance of the robot is certainly child-like.
	reparent.blog.uvm.edu /archives/robots (2439 words)

	SF Citations for OED
		Imran Ghory submitted a cite from a 1996 reprint of Isaac Asimov's 1990 essay "The Robot Chronicles"; we would like to verify this in its first appearance in the Asimov collection "The Robot Chronicles".
		Now that the flattery is out of the way, let's move on to the `Frankenstein Complex.' Specifically, Dr. Asimov's own `Christmas Without Rodney.' We see that the humans have created robots in their own psychological image, capable of thoughts and dark emotions that plague the best of men.
		I recall that in your early youth, you rejected the notion of robot-as-menace (the `Frankenstein Complex') and the result was `Robbie.' Now, in your late youth, the pendulum has swung back, and there is an undercurrent of menace from these metal beings.
	www.jessesword.com /sf/view/456 (476 words)

	Review of "Little Lost Robot"
		A robot with a weakened First Law—prepared at government insistence—has escaped and hidden itself in a shipment of outwardly identical unmodified robots.
		(The fact that it was written in the late 1940’s helps, after some of the stories it precedes in I, Robot.) Calvin here is particularly interesting, because of her ability to handle and understand robots and because of her appreciation of what the Three Laws really mean.
		The tension is very real, too, as scheme after scheme meant to figure out which robot is which fails and the missing robot gets more and more dangerous.
	homepage.mac.com /jhjenkins/Asimov/Stories/Story152.html (183 words)

	I, Robot Study Guide by Isaac Asimov: Techniques
		The stories of I, Robot are set inside a frame-tale, so that while each story is independent, they can be seen as a series of reminiscences of Dr. Calvin's life.
		Most of the robot tales are exercises in problem solving.
		The rationality and integrity of the investigators makes them more like the robots than like the humans motivated by selfishness and fear.
	www.bookrags.com /studyguide-i-robot/techniques.html (144 words)

	little_lost_robot: December 2006
		The continuing adventures of little lost robot are now taking place here on my wordpress blog.
		It was thrown together pretty fast, but you have no idea how hard it was figuring out whether to edit the photos to the robot voice or the music - which obviously didn't sync up because they lack a soul (or rhythm).
		This is a Flickr badge showing photos in a set called a robot's life.
	www.littlelostrobot.com /2006_12_01_archive.html (587 words)

	Phil Yanov Blogs... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		You gotta love the Little Lost Robot, he is never afraid to tackle life's big questions.
		There is very little I can do for someone who refuses to cook with real butter, smoke handmade cigars, or take their calls through GrandCentral.
		The goal of ThinkGreenville is to have my own little spot to celebrate the fun, beautiful, cool, and interesting bits of Greenville's downtown area.
	phil.yanov.com (3582 words)

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