Lenny (Asimov)

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Lenny (Asimov)

"Lenny" is a science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, films, games, theatre, and other media....
short story

Short story

The short story refers to a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, usually in narrative format. This format or medium tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels or books....
by Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov , was a Russian-born United States author and professor of biochemistry, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books....
, originally published in the January 1958 issue of Infinity Science Fiction
Infinity (magazine)

Infinity Science Fiction was a short-lived United States science fiction magazine. It was published from November 1955 to November 1958 and released a total of 20 issues....
, and included in the collections The Rest of the Robots
The Rest of the Robots

The Rest of the Robots is a collection of eight short stories and two full-length novels by Isaac Asimov. The stories, centred on positronic brain, are all part of the Isaac Asimov's Robot Series, most of which take place in the Foundation Series....
(1964), The Complete Robot
The Complete Robot

The Complete Robot is a collection of science fiction short stories by Isaac Asimov written between 1940 and 1976, which were previously collected in books I, Robot, The Rest of the Robots, and other anthologies....
(1982), and Robot Visions
Robot Visions

Robot Visions is a collection of science fiction short stories and factual essays by Isaac Asimov. Many of the stories are reprinted from other Asimov collections, particularly I, Robot and The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories. However, the stories in I, Robot were edited to make a more cohesive whole; Robot Visions re...
(1990).

obots is planning the production of the LNE series of robots, which are designed for boron

Boron

Boron is a chemical element with atomic number 5 and the chemical symbol B. Boron is a trivalent metalloid element which occurs abundantly in the evaporite ores borax and ulexite....
mining in the asteroid

Asteroid

Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets or planetoids, are small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun, smaller than planets but larger than meteoroids....
belt. As a result of a curious tourist on a public tour of the company, the prototype is manufactured with a faulty brain, giving it a personality equivalent to that of a human infant, and it can't speak except in "baby talk".

Robopsychologist Susan Calvin

Susan Calvin

Dr. Susan Calvin is a fictional character from Isaac Asimov's Isaac Asimov's Robot Series. She was the chief Robopsychology at U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men., the major manufacturer of robots in the 21st century....
experiments with it, in the process naming it "Lenny" (and developing maternal feelings for it), and after a month, has been able to teach it a few simple words and actions.