ASIMOV
THE ROBOT SERIES
I, ROBOT

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 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.

Isaac Asimov changed our perception of robots forever when he formulated the classic laws governing their bahvior.  In I, Robot Asimov chronicles the developement of the robot from its primitive origins to the present to its ultimate perfection in the not-so-distant future - a future in which humanity itself may be rendered obsolete.

Here are stories of robots gone mad, mind-reading robots, robots with a sense of humor, robot politicians, and robots whi secretly run the world, all told with the dramatic blend of science fact and science fiction that has become Asimov's trademark.

i, Robot

They mustn't harm a human being, they must obey human orders, and they must protect their own existence... but only so long as that doesn't violate rules one and two.  With these Three Laws of Robotics, humanity embarked on a bold new era of evolution that would open up enormous possibilities - and unforeseen risks.  For the scientists who invented the earliest robots weren't content that their creations should remain programmed helpers, companions, and semisentient worker-machines.  And soon the robots themselves, aware of their own intelligence, power, and humanity, aren't either.

As humans and robots struggle to survive together - and sometimes against each other - on earth and in space, the future of both hangs in the balance.  Here human men and women confront robots gone mad, telepathic robots, robot politicians, and vast robotic intelligences that may already secretly control the world.  And both are asking the same questions: What is human?  And is humanity obsolete?