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| 3 | !![[Literature/IRobot The Asimov novel]] |
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| 5 | Really, almost every story had at least one. |
| 6 | * When the little girl is reunited with her robot nanny, she runs blindly out onto the floor of a factory right into the path of a forklift. Her robo-nanny rushes at her and grabs her a nanosecond before impact, saving her life and convincing the girl's mother that the robot is a suitable caretaker for her child. |
| 7 | * Powell risking a SenselessSacrifice in hopes of breaking Speedy out of his programming loop by rushing out into the direct sunlight on Mercury. |
| 8 | * Cutie maintaining the stability of the microwave beam during the solar storm. |
| 9 | * Susan talking Herbie to death in return for Herbie [[DisproportionateRetribution lying to her about a coworker's affections]]. |
| 10 | * Susan devising a trap to find the faulty Nestor, at the risk of her own life due to the faulty 1st Law in the robot's programming. |
| 11 | * The Brain solving the problem of the hyperspatial drive that had shattered a competing company's computer. |
| 12 | * Stephan Byerley managing to dodge all attempts by his opponent to determine if he is a human or a robot in disguise. He even uses his opponent's actions as fodder for his own political campaign! In the end it is revealed that even after his death, no one ever found out if he was a robot or a human. |
| 13 | * The Machines interpreting the 1st Law in such a way that they are able to maintain the peace and prosperity of the human race. They even take into account the actions and plans of those who are opposed to the Machines having as much power as they do. |
| 14 | ** Credit goes to Asimov for subverting the traditional robot takeover scenario. |
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