I, ROBOT Literature 1950. Written by Isaac Asimov.

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Total Records: 39 - Medium: LITERATURE

#	Record Name	Group	Category	Subcategory
BOGUS BUSINESS BUREAU
1	Consolidated Robots	BBB	Corporations	Robotics Companies
	Consolidated Robots The only robot manufacturing corporation with calculating machines.
2	Dr. Susan Calvin	BBB	Healthcare	Therapy
	Dr. Susan Calvin Robo-psychologist.
3	DV-5	BBB	Technology Products	Robot Models
	DV-5 Also known as Dave. A robot with six robots under it, like a hand.
4	DV-52	BBB	Technology Products	Robot Models
	DV-52 One of Dave's DV-5 "finger" robots.
5	The Encyclopedia Tellurica	BBB	Literature	Books
	The Encyclopedia Tellurica From the first line of the Introduction. "I LOOKED AT MY NOTES AND I DIDN'T LIKE THEM. I'd spent three days at U. S. Robots and might as well have spent them at home with the Encyclopedia Tellurica."
6	The Fundamentalists	BBB	Organizations	Activist Groups
	The Fundamentalists Activist group against robots. "They were not a political party, they made pretense to no formal religion. Essentially they were those who had not adapted themselves to what had once been called the Atomic Age, in the days when atoms were a novelty. Actually, they were the Simple-Lifers, hungering after a life, which to those who lived it had probably appeared not so Simple, and who had been, therefore, Simple-Lifers themselves."
7	Gyro	BBB	Vehicles	Motor Vehicles
	Gyro Transport vehicle for personal as well as commercial use.
8	The Handbook of Robotics	BBB	Literature	Books
	The Handbook of Robotics Book that Powell references.
9	Herbie	BBB	Technology Products	Robot Models
	Herbie Also known as RB-34, a robot that can read minds.
10	Hyperatomic Drive	BBB	Technology Products	Power Supplies
	Hyperatomic Drive Spaceship engine invented by robots.
11	Insosuits	BBB	Apparel	Clothing Products
	Insosuits Insulated suits used by miners on Mercury. "We can't go after Speedy ourselves, Mike, not on the Sunside. Even the new insosuits aren't good for more than twenty minutes in direct sunlight."
12	Interplanetary Press	BBB	Periodicals	Newspapers
	Interplanetary Press From the Introduction. "I needed more than that for my feature articles for Interplanetary Press. Much more."
13	MC Model	BBB	Technology Products	Robot Models
	MC Model Robot model.
14	Mercury Mines	BBB	Industrial Companies	Mining
	Mercury Mines Mining company on the planet Mercury.
15	Morbid M. Cadaver's Extensible Caskets	BBB	Services	Funeral Homes
	Morbid M. Cadaver's Extensible Caskets Advertisement Donovan and Powell hear when they are temporarily dead. "Does your coffin fit differently lately? Why not try Morbid M. Cadaver's extensible caskets? They are scientifically designed to fit the natural curves of the body, and are enriched with Vitamin B1. Use Cadaver's caskets for comfort. Remember - you're going to be dead a long, long time!"
16	NS-2 Model	BBB	Technology Products	Robot Models
	NS-2 Model Robots that don't have the whole First Law imprinted in their brains.
17	QT Models	BBB	Technology Products	Robot Models
	QT Models Robots built by U.S. Robots that possessed peculiar brains.
18	QT-1	BBB	Technology Products	Robot Models
	QT-1 Also known as The Prophet of the true master.
19	Robbie	BBB	Technology Products	Robot Models
	Robbie Gloria's nursemaid robot. "I heard about it later, and when they called us blasphemers and demon-creators, I always thought of him. Robbie was a non-vocal robot. He couldn't speak. He was made and sold in 1996. Those were the days before extreme specialization, so he was sold as a nursemaid."
20	The Society of Humanity	BBB	Organizations	Activist Groups
	The Society of Humanity Activist group that claims that the machines are destroying human initiative.
21	Solar Minerals	BBB	Industrial Companies	Mining
	Solar Minerals Mining company. "Well, I think it was in 2015 that the Second Mercury Expedition was sent out. It was exploratory and financed in part by U. S. Robots and in part by Solar Minerals."
22	SPD Model	BBB	Technology Products	Robot Models
	SPD Model Among the fastest robots turned out by the UnitedStates Robot & Mechanical Men Corp.
23	U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Incorpor...	BBB	Corporations	Robotics Companies
	U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Incorporated From various stories.
24	Visivox	BBB	Technology Products	Audiovisual Devices
	Visivox Future entertainment venue. "Came the day at last, when Weston approached his daughter guiltily and suggested a beautiful Visivox show in the village."
25	World Steel	BBB	Industrial Companies	Mining
	World Steel Steel company. "World Steel reports an overproduction of twenty thousand long tons."
MAKE BELIEVE MAP
26	Almaden	Map	Urban Areas	Cities
	Almaden Location of mercury mines. "The Mexican Canal is two months behind schedule. The mercury mines at Almaden have experienced a production deficiency since last spring, while the Hydroponics plant at Tientsin has been laying men off. These items happen to come to mind at the moment. There is more of the same sort."
27	Capital City	Map	Urban Areas	Cities
	Capital City Capital of the Tropic Region.
28	Ceres Penitentiary	Map	Detention Centers	Penitentiaries
	Ceres Penitentiary Prison Powell mentions.
29	Hyper Base	Map	Structures	Military Bases
	Hyper Base Government research station in space using several robots whose brains are not impressioned with the entire First Law of Robotics.
30	Lunar Base	Map	Structures	Military Bases
	Lunar Base Moon base that the Lefebre-Yoshida expedition to Mars took off from.
31	The Mexican Canal	Map	Water	Bodies of Water
	The Mexican Canal Canal under construction. "The Mexican Canal is two months behind schedule. The mercury mines at Almaden have experienced a production deficiency since last spring, while the Hydroponics plant at Tientsin has been laying men off. These items happen to come to mind at the moment. There is more of the same sort."
32	Solar Station 4	Map	Outer Space	Space Stations
	Solar Station 4 Space station.
33	Solar Station 5	Map	Outer Space	Space Stations
	Solar Station 5 Space station.
34	Tientsin	Map	Urban Areas	Cities
	Tientsin Location of hydroponics plant. "The Mexican Canal is two months behind schedule. The mercury mines at Almaden have experienced a production deficiency since last spring, while the Hydroponics plant at Tientsin has been laying men off. These items happen to come to mind at the moment. There is more of the same sort."
35	The Twenty-Seventh Asteroidal Grouping	Map	Outer Space	Asteroids
	The Twenty-Seventh Asteroidal Grouping Location of space stations working on the Hyperatomic Drive project.
36	Willow Grove	Map	Urban Areas	Cities
	Willow Grove Street address. Byerley said evenly, "I read here as the description of what you are to search, I quote: 'the dwelling place belonging to Stephen Allen Byerley, located at 355 Willow Grove, Evanstron, together, with any garage, storehouse or other structures or buildings thereto appertaining, together with all grounds thereto appertaining'... um... and so on. Quite in order. But, my good man, it doesn't say anything about searching my interior. I am not part of the premises. You may search my clothes if you think I've got a robot hidden in my pocket."
OTHER
37	The Lefebre-Yoshida Expedition	Other	Plans	Initiatives
	The Lefebre-Yoshida Expedition Expedition to Mars that took off from Lunar Base.
38	The McCormack-Wesley Tester	Other	Miscellaneous	Evaluations
	The McCormack-Wesley Tester Robot testing device that Powell mentions. "Robots can't knowingly lie, you fool. Now if we had the McCormack-Wesley tester, we could check each individual item in his body within twenty-four to forty-eight hours, but the only two M-W testers existing are on Earth, and they weigh ten tons, are on concrete foundations and can't be moved. Isn't that peachy?"
39	Untitled	Other	Themes	3-D
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