U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation

E201021

fictional company fictional corporation robotics company

U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation is the fictional pioneering robotics company in Isaac Asimov’s Robot series, known for developing positronic robots governed by the Three Laws of Robotics.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation canonical	12
U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc.	2
U.S. Robots	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional company ⓘ fictional corporation ⓘ robotics company ⓘ
appearsIn	I, Robot ⓘ Robot series ⓘ Robots and Empire ⓘ The Caves of Steel ⓘ The Naked Sun ⓘ The Robots of Dawn ⓘ
associatedWithTheme	ethics of artificial intelligence ⓘ human–robot interaction ⓘ robot psychology ⓘ
businessModelInFiction	design, manufacture, and sale of robots ⓘ
controls	research into advanced positronic brains ⓘ
countryInFiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creator	Isaac Asimov ⓘ
employsFictionalCharacter	Alfred Lanning ⓘ Lawrence Robertson ⓘ Peter Bogert ⓘ Dr. Susan Calvin ⓘ surface form: Susan Calvin
field	robotics ⓘ
genre	science fiction ⓘ
governingPrinciple	Three Laws of Robotics ⓘ
governsRobotsBy	Three Laws of Robotics ⓘ surface form: First Law of Robotics Second Law of Robotics ⓘ Third Law of Robotics ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: U.S. Robots
hasFictionalHeadquarters	New York metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: New York area
hasKeyFigure	Alfred Lanning ⓘ Lawrence Robertson ⓘ Peter Bogert ⓘ Dr. Susan Calvin ⓘ surface form: Susan Calvin
hasLegalMonopolyOn	robot manufacture in many Asimov stories ⓘ
hasRole	pioneering robotics manufacturer ⓘ
influences	later fictional depictions of robotics companies ⓘ
introducedInWork	early Asimov robot short stories ⓘ
narrativeFunction	explore consequences of the Three Laws of Robotics ⓘ
notableFor	development of positronic robots ⓘ
partOfFictionalUniverse	Asimov's positronic robot universe ⓘ surface form: Isaac Asimov's Robot universe Asimov universe ⓘ surface form: Isaac Asimov's broader Foundation–Robot universe
product	domestic robots ⓘ humanoid robots ⓘ industrial robots ⓘ positronic robots ⓘ
regulates	deployment of robots in human society ⓘ
settingFor	many of Asimov's robot short stories ⓘ
usesTechnology	positronic brain ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

I, Robot → hasMainOrganization → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ

Dr. Susan Calvin → employer → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ

Dr. Susan Calvin → worksFor → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ

Dr. Susan Calvin → associatedWith → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ

Escape! → featuresOrganization → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ

U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation → hasAbbreviation → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Robots

Robot Dreams → setting → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ

Catch That Rabbit → hasRoboticsCompany → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc.

Satisfaction Guaranteed → robotManufacturerInStory → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc.

Lenny → featuresOrganization → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ

Mike Donovan → worksFor → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ

Mike Donovan → employer → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ

Andrew Martin → manufacturer → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ

Gregory Powell → employer → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ

Gregory Powell → associatedOrganization → U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation ⓘ