Robbie

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Robbie is a short story by Isaac Asimov about a mute robot companion to a young girl, exploring themes of prejudice, trust, and the human-robot relationship.

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Label Occurrences
Robbie canonical 4
Robbie is companion to Gloria Weston 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf short story ⓘ
author Isaac Asimov ⓘ
character George Weston ⓘ
Gloria Weston ⓘ
Grace Weston ⓘ
Robbie the robot ⓘ
linked to: Robby the Robot
collectedIn I, Robot ⓘ
containsElement family conflict over technology ⓘ
reconciliation between child and robot ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
exploresAttitudeOf humans toward robots ⓘ
featuresFictionalTechnology positronic robot ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Super Science Stories ⓘ
focusesOnRelationshipBetween child and robot ⓘ
genre robot fiction ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
hasApproximateLength short story length ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn later robot stories ⓘ
portrayals of human-robot companionship ⓘ
language English ⓘ
laterTitle Robbie ⓘ
literaryPeriod Golden Age of Science Fiction ⓘ
mainCharacter Gloria Weston ⓘ
Robbie the robot ⓘ
linked to: Robby the Robot
narrativePerspective third-person ⓘ
originalTitle Strange Playfellow ⓘ
partOfSeries Robot series ⓘ
portraysRobotAs caretaker ⓘ
companion ⓘ
publicationYear 1940 ⓘ
publisherOfFirstAppearance Fictioneers, Inc. ⓘ
linked to: Fiction House
robotSpeech mute ⓘ
setting United States ⓘ
near-future Earth ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
theme human-robot relationship ⓘ
parental anxiety ⓘ
prejudice ⓘ
technophobia ⓘ
trust ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Complete Robot → hasPart → Robbie ⓘ
Robbie → protagonistRelationship → Robbie is companion to Gloria Weston ⓘ
subject linked to: short story "Robbie"
linked to: Robbie
Evidence (short story) → relatedWork → Robbie ⓘ
subject linked to: short story "Evidence"