R. Daneel Olivaw Essays

  • Isaac Asimov's The Naked Sun

    4355 Words  | 9 Pages

    Isaac Asimov's The Naked Sun When the ship stopped Elijah remained on his seat. Then he looked away and saw Daneel Olivaw, he is a robot that look like a man. After Elijah Bailey went in an air-tube, a robot was in charge of the trip of Elijah, his serial number is RX-2475. When the trip in the air-tube ended, Bailey received information about Solaria and he learned that the population on the planet is 20000 people and 200000000 robots in a territory of 30000000 square miles. He then felt the

  • The Breakdown: I, Robot book vs Movie

    1235 Words  | 3 Pages

    In the story I, Robot that takes place in the future, the production of robots are made in order to better society. These robots are implanted with three laws that govern all of their actions, but on the other hand the vagueness of the laws themselves leaves room for error; that wasn't anticipated by the creator or the citizens of the community that depended on them on a day to day basis. In the story, I, Robot written by Isaac Asimov in 1950, there are contextual differences that practically disconnect

  • The Role Of Robots In Science Fiction Before Isaac Asimov

    1195 Words  | 3 Pages

    Daneel Olivaw, the robot colleague of detective Lije Bailey in The Caves of Steel and The Naked Sun. When confronted with the severe power of human history and a couple of very hard decisions, he came up with the so-called Zeroth Law in Robots and Empire. This law allows a robot to harm a human if it is beneficial for humans. So Daneel can turn into a manipulator of human history, a sort of one-robot Illuminati. But