I, Robot GRADE A Q&A
Three rules of robotics - (correct answer)1. A robot may not injure a human being or,
through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would
conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict
with the First or Second Law.
Asimov - (correct answer)• Born in Russia to Jewish parents, immigrates to the US at
the age of 3
• He tricks his dad into letting him read Astounding Science Fiction, the editor (john
cambell) eventually published his first story
• A professor of biochemistry
• American Humanist Association
○ "No deity will save us, we must save ourselves"
Susan Calvin - (correct answer)"In 2008 she obtained her Ph.D. and joined US Robots
as a "Robopsychologist", become the first great practitioner of a new science."
- Why do robots need psychologists?
- robots can become complex
Chapter 1: Robbie - (correct answer)Centered on a girl, Gloria, and her robot friend,
Robbie. Gloria's mother, Grace Weston, is worried that Gloria spends to much time with
Robbie and not enough time with people. She eventually sways Gloria's dad, George
Weston, into getting rid of the expensive robot. George feels bad about returning
Robbie to the factory, and buys Gloria a pet dog.
Nonetheless Gloria, missing her best friend Robbie, withdraws and ceases to enjoy life.
Her parents, getting desperate take their daughter to every conceivable tourist
attraction, George still sick with shame takes his wife and daughter to a robot
construction factory. There, Gloria spots Robbie and runs out in front of a machine in
her joy at seeing him. Gloria would have be crushed if not for the fact that Robbie ran
towards her and scooped her out of the path of the hurtling vehicle. On the walkway,
, Mrs. Weston confronts her husband: he had set it all up. Robbie was not an industrial
robot and had no business being there. Mr. Weston knew that if he managed to get
Robbie and Gloria back together, there would be no way for Mrs. Weston to separate
them. When Robbie saves Gloria's life, an unplanned part of the reunion, Mrs. Weston
finally agrees that he might not be a soulless monster, and gives in.
Robbie - (correct answer)· Cannot speak
· Exhibits a childlike innocence and fascination for stories
· Rejected by Gloria's mother because he does not have a soul
· Gloria sees Robbie as a person
· He save Gloria, but he programmed to do so
· From an enlightenment standpoint, the system functions perfectly
· "Robbie nodded his head- a small parallelepiped with rounded edges and corners
attached to a similar but much larger parallelepiped that served as torso by means of a
short, flexible stalk...A thin metal film descended over his glowing eyes and from within
his body came a steady, resonant tick."- Robbie
Chapter 2: Runaround - (correct answer)based in the year of 2015, Powell, Donovan
two robot field testers and a Robot SPD-13 (aka "Speedy") are on mercury attempting
to restart a old mining station there.
There they are disturbed to find that their photo-cell banks that support life on the
station are short on selenium, and would shut down if they are left in this state, as
Speedy is the only one who can survive Mercury's harsh temperatures Donovan sends
the robot to gather selenium from a nearby pool. Speedy however, doesn't return for five
hours, at which point Powell and Donovan decide to make their way to the pool though
the underground tunnels. Upon arriving at the pool the two humans are surprised to
discover the robot running huge rings around the selenium pool. And acting in a way,
that were the robot human, would be interpreted as drunkenness.
Powell orders the robot to return to them, but Speedy displays a show of unwillingness
before continuing the circles around the pool
Powell eventually realizes that the selenium source contains some sort of unexpected
danger to the robot. Under normal circumstances, Speedy would observe the Second
Three rules of robotics - (correct answer)1. A robot may not injure a human being or,
through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would
conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict
with the First or Second Law.
Asimov - (correct answer)• Born in Russia to Jewish parents, immigrates to the US at
the age of 3
• He tricks his dad into letting him read Astounding Science Fiction, the editor (john
cambell) eventually published his first story
• A professor of biochemistry
• American Humanist Association
○ "No deity will save us, we must save ourselves"
Susan Calvin - (correct answer)"In 2008 she obtained her Ph.D. and joined US Robots
as a "Robopsychologist", become the first great practitioner of a new science."
- Why do robots need psychologists?
- robots can become complex
Chapter 1: Robbie - (correct answer)Centered on a girl, Gloria, and her robot friend,
Robbie. Gloria's mother, Grace Weston, is worried that Gloria spends to much time with
Robbie and not enough time with people. She eventually sways Gloria's dad, George
Weston, into getting rid of the expensive robot. George feels bad about returning
Robbie to the factory, and buys Gloria a pet dog.
Nonetheless Gloria, missing her best friend Robbie, withdraws and ceases to enjoy life.
Her parents, getting desperate take their daughter to every conceivable tourist
attraction, George still sick with shame takes his wife and daughter to a robot
construction factory. There, Gloria spots Robbie and runs out in front of a machine in
her joy at seeing him. Gloria would have be crushed if not for the fact that Robbie ran
towards her and scooped her out of the path of the hurtling vehicle. On the walkway,
, Mrs. Weston confronts her husband: he had set it all up. Robbie was not an industrial
robot and had no business being there. Mr. Weston knew that if he managed to get
Robbie and Gloria back together, there would be no way for Mrs. Weston to separate
them. When Robbie saves Gloria's life, an unplanned part of the reunion, Mrs. Weston
finally agrees that he might not be a soulless monster, and gives in.
Robbie - (correct answer)· Cannot speak
· Exhibits a childlike innocence and fascination for stories
· Rejected by Gloria's mother because he does not have a soul
· Gloria sees Robbie as a person
· He save Gloria, but he programmed to do so
· From an enlightenment standpoint, the system functions perfectly
· "Robbie nodded his head- a small parallelepiped with rounded edges and corners
attached to a similar but much larger parallelepiped that served as torso by means of a
short, flexible stalk...A thin metal film descended over his glowing eyes and from within
his body came a steady, resonant tick."- Robbie
Chapter 2: Runaround - (correct answer)based in the year of 2015, Powell, Donovan
two robot field testers and a Robot SPD-13 (aka "Speedy") are on mercury attempting
to restart a old mining station there.
There they are disturbed to find that their photo-cell banks that support life on the
station are short on selenium, and would shut down if they are left in this state, as
Speedy is the only one who can survive Mercury's harsh temperatures Donovan sends
the robot to gather selenium from a nearby pool. Speedy however, doesn't return for five
hours, at which point Powell and Donovan decide to make their way to the pool though
the underground tunnels. Upon arriving at the pool the two humans are surprised to
discover the robot running huge rings around the selenium pool. And acting in a way,
that were the robot human, would be interpreted as drunkenness.
Powell orders the robot to return to them, but Speedy displays a show of unwillingness
before continuing the circles around the pool
Powell eventually realizes that the selenium source contains some sort of unexpected
danger to the robot. Under normal circumstances, Speedy would observe the Second
