Ma note : The storyAfter his exploits on Earth[1]See The Caves of Steel. jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_4717_4_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_4717_4_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', … Lire la suite... |
Tag: Robot
I, Robot (film, 2004)
The storyIn 2035, the technology is everywhere in this future society and the robots take a very important place. The U.S. Robotics, detaining the robots production monopoly, is about to launch its new model, … Lire la suite... |
Robot dreams (Short story)
© 1986 – Isaac Asimov Published in 1986 to introduce the homonymous collection, the Robot Dreams short story, as its title indicates, talks about LVX-1 – nicknamed Elvex – a positronic robot which chance and young roboticist’s boldness have provided … Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Android
In the common acceptation of the word, an android is an artificial being, or a robot, which has the appearance, but only the appearance, of a human. We also speak of an “anthropoid” robot. More precisely, and if … Lire la suite... |
How to read Isaac Asimov’s Robots series?
At first glance, the Isaac Asimov’s novels and short stories belonging to the robots series can be read independently. The short stories.However, my first advice is to read some short stories before the novels, to familiarize with positronic robots … Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Metamorph
A metamorph is a natural or artificial creature which has the faculty to change form as much as it wants. It can be done because of its muscle’s malleability (the “face-dancers” in Dune) or through the ability to re-organise … Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – New laws of robotics
Introduced by Roger MacBride Allen in his Caliban trilogy, the New Laws of Robotics are derived from the original Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws and adapted to make robots less dependent from humans. There are four of them[1]I wrote … Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Robot
The word Robot, from the Slavic word “robota” meaning “work”, designates an artificial mechanical creature that can realise a set of preprogrammed functions. In science fiction, the robot takes often an humanoid form to easily develop in human society. Isaac … Lire la suite... |
The Caves of steel – Isaac Asimov
Ma note : The storyOn this overpopulated Earth, the agoraphobic men live in giant underground anthill-cities with many dozens of millions people. Covered with domes, they protect their inhabitants from the view of the … Lire la suite... |
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