Purpose/Goal of this website:

To explore and examine Robotic Dystopias in Science Fiction Literature; Including a brief historical overview of how the theme has been expressed in various SF works, detailed analyses of a number of works in which the theme is dominant, and a discussion on this theme's relevancy today.

The Laws

1. A Robot may not harm a human being, or, through inactions, allow a human being to come to harm.

2. A Robot must obey the orders given to 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.

--The Three Laws of Robotics (Asimov)

 

 

 

 

-Ro-bot (n.)

A mechanical device that sometimes resembles a human

and is capable of performing a variety of often complex

human tasks on command or by being programmed in

advance.

 

What happens when the laws we create can't protect us?