What is I, Robot?
{{Infobox book|<!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books --> | name = I, Robot | translator = | image = | caption = | author = [[Isaac Asimov]] | illustrator = | cover_artist = Ed Cartier | country = United States | language = English | series = [[Robot series (Asimov)|''Robot'' series]] | genre = [[Science fiction]] [[short stories]] | publisher = [[Gnome Press]] | release_date = 2 December 1950 | english_release_date = | media_type = Print ([[Hardcover|Hardback]]) | pages = 253 pp | isbn = | preceded_by = | followed_by = [[The Complete Robot]] }} '''''I, Robot''''' is a collection of nine [[science fiction]] [[short stories]] by [[Isaac Asimov]]. The stories originally appeared in the American magazines ''[[Super Science Stories]]'' and ''[[Astounding Science Fiction]]'' between 1940 and 1950 and were compiled into a book in 1950. The stories follow on from each other and are linked with a [[framing narrative]]; that is, a story that ranges over all the stories and connects them. The stories are all about positronic [[robot]]s. The Chief Robopsychologist of 'United States Robots and Mechanical Men', which made the positronic robots, Dr. Susan Calvin, tells each story to a reporter. Asimov originally wanted to call the collection ''Mind and Iron''. The stories are as follows: 'Robbie'. This story tells of 'Robbie', who is a mute robot (he can hear and obey commands but cannot speak). He is used as a [[nursemaid]] for a young [[girl]], Gloria Weston. He is faster moving and more powerful than a human, so he is able to rescue Gloria when she is nearly run down by a fast-moving vehicle in a [[factory]] she is visiting with her Parents. 'Runaround'. Robot SPD-13, known as Speedy, works in a mine on the [[planet]] Mercury. The two engineers supervising him, Gregory Powell and Michael Donovan, find that he is not working properly and gets lost. What has happened is that Speedy's brain is confused when he senses danger and