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The Three Laws of Robotics (often shortened to The Three Laws or Asimov's Laws) are a set of rules devised by science fiction author Isaac Asimov, which were to be followed by robots in several of his stories. The rules were introduced in his 1942 short story "Runaround" (included in the 1950 collection I, Robot), although similar restrictions had been implied in earlier stories. The Three Laws, presented to be from the fictional "Handbook of Robotics, 56th Edition, 2058 A.D.", are:[1] The Three Laws form an organizing principle and unifying theme for Asimov's robot-based fiction, appearing in his Robot series, the stories linked to it, and in his (initially pseudonymous) Lucky Starr series of young-adult fiction. The Laws are incorporated into almost all of the positronic robots appearing in his fiction, and cannot be bypassed, being intended as a safety feature. Many of Asimov's robot-focused stories involve robots behaving in unusual and counter-intuitive ways as an unintended conse

Three Laws of Robotics - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fictional set of rules by Isaac Asimov Laws of robotics Isaac Asimov Three Laws of Robotics in popular culture Related topics Roboethics Ethics of AI Machine ethics v t e This cover of I, Robot illustrates the story "Runaround", the first to list all Three Laws of Robotics. The Three Laws of Robotics (often shortened to The Three Laws or Asimov's Laws ) are a set of rules devised by science fiction author Isaac Asimov , which were to be followed by robots in several of his stories. The rules were introduce

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