List of Science Fiction Short Stories - Robot Stories

Robot Stories

"Rossums Universal Robots" (1921) by Karel Čapek
A science fiction play in the Czech language - noted for introducing the term "robot" (though the robots described there would today be described as androids).
"Robbie" (1939) by Isaac Asimov
First robot story by Isaac Asimov, published in the September 1940 issue of Super Science Stories.
"Runaround" (1942) by Isaac Asimov
First story to list the Three Laws of Robotics, published in the March 1942 issue of Astounding.
"The Quest for St. Aquin" (1951) by Anthony Boucher
First, and possibly only, time a robot is portrayed as canonized theologian

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