I, ROBOT Literature 1950. Written by Isaac Asimov. | |||
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1 | Consolidated Robots | Corporations | Robotics Companies | ||
Consolidated Robots The only robot manufacturing corporation with calculating machines. | |||||
2 | Dr. Susan Calvin | Healthcare | Therapy | ||
Dr. Susan Calvin Robo-psychologist. | |||||
3 | DV-5 | Technology Products | Robot Models | ||
DV-5 Also known as Dave. A robot with six robots under it, like a hand. | |||||
4 | DV-52 | Technology Products | Robot Models | ||
DV-52 One of Dave's DV-5 "finger" robots. | |||||
5 | The Encyclopedia Tellurica | 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 | 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 | Vehicles | Motor Vehicles | ||
Gyro Transport vehicle for personal as well as commercial use. | |||||
8 | The Handbook of Robotics | Literature | Books | ||
The Handbook of Robotics Book that Powell references. | |||||
9 | Herbie | Technology Products | Robot Models | ||
Herbie Also known as RB-34, a robot that can read minds. | |||||
10 | Hyperatomic Drive | Technology Products | Power Supplies | ||
Hyperatomic Drive Spaceship engine invented by robots. | |||||
11 | Insosuits | 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 | Periodicals | Newspapers | ||
Interplanetary Press From the Introduction. "I needed more than that for my feature articles for Interplanetary Press. Much more." | |||||
13 | MC Model | Technology Products | Robot Models | ||
MC Model Robot model. | |||||
14 | Mercury Mines | Industrial Companies | Mining | ||
Mercury Mines Mining company on the planet Mercury. | |||||
15 | Morbid M. Cadaver's Extensible Caskets | 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 | Technology Products | Robot Models | ||
NS-2 Model Robots that don't have the whole First Law imprinted in their brains. | |||||
17 | QT Models | Technology Products | Robot Models | ||
QT Models Robots built by U.S. Robots that possessed peculiar brains. | |||||
18 | QT-1 | Technology Products | Robot Models | ||
QT-1 Also known as The Prophet of the true master. | |||||
19 | Robbie | 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 | Organizations | Activist Groups | ||
The Society of Humanity Activist group that claims that the machines are destroying human initiative. | |||||
21 | Solar Minerals | 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 | 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... | Corporations | Robotics Companies | ||
U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Incorporated From various stories. | |||||
24 | Visivox | 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 | Industrial Companies | Mining | ||
World Steel Steel company. "World Steel reports an overproduction of twenty thousand long tons." |
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