Here are stories of robots gone mad of mind-read robots and robots with a sense of humor. Of
robot politicians and robots who secretly run the world-all told with the dramatic blend of
science fact and science fiction that has become Asmiov's trademark. The three laws of
Robotics: 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 givein to 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. With these three simple
directives Isaac Asimov changed our perception of robots forever when he formulated the laws
governing their behavior. 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.
