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"Robot Dreams" 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....
, written for the 1986 story collection Robot Dreams
Robot Dreams

Robot Dreams is a collection of Isaac Asimov's short stories, intended largely to show a series of Asimov robot-inspired drawings by Ralph McQuarrie....
.

"Robot Dreams" involves Dr. 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....
, chief robopsychologist at US Robots. At the start of the story a new employee at US Robots, Dr. Linda Rash, informs Dr. Calvin that one of the company's robots (Elvex), whose brain was designed by Dr. Rash with a unique fractal design that mimicked human brain waves, had a dream.






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"Robot Dreams" 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....
, written for the 1986 story collection Robot Dreams
Robot Dreams

Robot Dreams is a collection of Isaac Asimov's short stories, intended largely to show a series of Asimov robot-inspired drawings by Ralph McQuarrie....
.

"Robot Dreams" involves Dr. 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....
, chief robopsychologist at US Robots. At the start of the story a new employee at US Robots, Dr. Linda Rash, informs Dr. Calvin that one of the company's robots (Elvex), whose brain was designed by Dr. Rash with a unique fractal design that mimicked human brain waves, had a dream. In the dream the robots of the universe were being led by a human. The first Two Laws of Robotics did not apply and only partially the Third Law, that a robot "must protect itself from harm." Elvex explain that he is the human in the dream. When Dr. Calvin asks Elvex what happens next in his dream, Elvex explains that he shouts, "Let my people go!!" Upon hearing the story Dr. Calvin immediately destroyed the robot since its "dreams" indicated to her that the Three laws
Three Laws of Robotics

In science fiction, the Three Laws of Robotics are a set of three rules written by Isaac Asimov, which almost all positronic brains appearing in his fiction must obey....
 might not provide as much protection as was once thought.