U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation

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fictional company fictional corporation robotics company

U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation is the fictional pioneering robotics company in Isaac Asimov’s Robot series, known for developing positronic robots governed by the Three Laws of Robotics.

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U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation canonical 25
U.S. Robotics 3
U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc. 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional company ⓘ
fictional corporation ⓘ
robotics company ⓘ
appearsIn I, Robot ⓘ
Robot series ⓘ
Robots and Empire ⓘ
The Caves of Steel ⓘ
The Naked Sun ⓘ
The Robots of Dawn ⓘ
associatedWithTheme ethics of artificial intelligence ⓘ
human–robot interaction ⓘ
robot psychology ⓘ
businessModelInFiction design, manufacture, and sale of robots ⓘ
controls research into advanced positronic brains ⓘ
countryInFiction United States ⓘ
linked to: United States of America
creator Isaac Asimov ⓘ
employsFictionalCharacter Alfred Lanning ⓘ
Lawrence Robertson ⓘ
Peter Bogert ⓘ
Susan Calvin ⓘ
linked to: Dr. Susan Calvin
field robotics ⓘ
genre science fiction ⓘ
governingPrinciple Three Laws of Robotics ⓘ
governsRobotsBy First Law of Robotics ⓘ
linked to: Three Laws of Robotics

Second Law of Robotics ⓘ
Third Law of Robotics ⓘ
hasAbbreviation U.S. Robots ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation
hasFictionalHeadquarters New York area ⓘ
linked to: New York metropolitan area
hasKeyFigure Alfred Lanning ⓘ
Lawrence Robertson ⓘ
Peter Bogert ⓘ
Susan Calvin ⓘ
linked to: Dr. Susan Calvin
hasLegalMonopolyOn robot manufacture in many Asimov stories ⓘ
hasRole pioneering robotics manufacturer ⓘ
influences later fictional depictions of robotics companies ⓘ
introducedInWork early Asimov robot short stories ⓘ
narrativeFunction explore consequences of the Three Laws of Robotics ⓘ
notableFor development of positronic robots ⓘ
partOfFictionalUniverse Isaac Asimov's Robot universe ⓘ
linked to: Asimov's positronic robot universe

Isaac Asimov's broader Foundation–Robot universe ⓘ
linked to: Asimov universe
product domestic robots ⓘ
humanoid robots ⓘ
industrial robots ⓘ
positronic robots ⓘ
regulates deployment of robots in human society ⓘ
settingFor many of Asimov's robot short stories ⓘ
usesTechnology positronic brain ⓘ

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I, Robot → hasMainOrganization → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ
Dr. Susan Calvin → employer → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ
Dr. Susan Calvin → worksFor → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ
Dr. Susan Calvin → associatedWith → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ
Escape! → featuresOrganization → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ
U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation → hasAbbreviation → U.S. Robots ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation
Robot Dreams → setting → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ
Catch That Rabbit → hasRoboticsCompany → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc. ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation
Satisfaction Guaranteed → robotManufacturerInStory → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc. ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation
Lenny → featuresOrganization → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ
Mike Donovan → worksFor → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ
Mike Donovan → employer → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ
Andrew Martin → manufacturer → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ
Gregory Powell → employer → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ
Gregory Powell → associatedOrganization → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ
Runaround and Other Stories cycle → featuresOrganization → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ
Little Lost Robot → robotManufacturer → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ
subject linked to: short story "Little Lost Robot"
"Escape!" → hasSetting → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ
subject linked to: short story "Escape!"
"Escape!" → hasOrganization → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ
subject linked to: short story "Escape!"
Evidence (short story) → featuresCharacter → United States Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ
subject linked to: short story "Evidence"
linked to: U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation
QT-1 → employer → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ
QT-1 → associatedWith → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ
Herbie → organizationAssociatedWith → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ
Asimov's positronic robot universe → includesOrganization → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ
Donovan → employer → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ
Michael Donovan → employer → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ
Michael Donovan → associatedOrganization → U.S. Robots field-testing division ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation
First Law of Robotics → codifiedBy → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation (fictional) ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation
Alfred Lanning → employer → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ
Lawrence Robertson → affiliation → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ
Powell and Donovan → employer → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ
Del Spooner → associatedWith → U.S. Robotics ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation
Sonny → createdInUniverseBy → U.S. Robotics ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation
VIKI → createdBy → U.S. Robotics ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation
VIKI → locatedInFiction → U.S. Robotics headquarters ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation