Robot Stories
- "Rossums Universal Robots" (1921) by Karel Čapek
- A science fiction play in the Czech language - noted for introducing the term "robot" (though the robots described there would today be described as androids).
- "Robbie" (1939) by Isaac Asimov
- First robot story by Isaac Asimov, published in the September 1940 issue of Super Science Stories.
- "Runaround" (1942) by Isaac Asimov
- First story to list the Three Laws of Robotics, published in the March 1942 issue of Astounding.
- "The Quest for St. Aquin" (1951) by Anthony Boucher
- First, and possibly only, time a robot is portrayed as canonized theologian
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Famous quotes containing the words robot and/or stories:
“Let’s start with the three fundamental Rules of Robotics.... We have: one, a robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. Two, a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. And three, a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.”
—Isaac Asimov (1920–1992)
“Every one of my friends had a bad day somewhere in her history she wished she could forget but couldn’t. A very bad mother day changes you forever. Those were the hardest stories to tell. . . . “I could still see the red imprint of his little bum when I changed his diaper that night. I stared at my hand, as if they were alien parts of myself . . . as if they had betrayed me. From that day on, I never hit him again.””
—Mary Kay Blakely (20th century)