Trivia:
1) Isaac Asimov's
I, Robot was really a collection of
nine short stories released in 1950 which featured a company called "U.S. Robots &
Mechanical Men."
2)
Did You Know? A company actually exists called 'USRobotics' that makes computer modems.
USRobotics was founded in 1976.
3) Also, a real company founded in 1990 called '
iRobot' sells the very
popular automatic vacuum cleaner robot called the 'Roomba.'
Asimov's (fictional)
'Three Laws of Robotics':
1st: A robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2nd: A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the
First Law.
3rd: A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or
Second Laws.