R. Daneel Olivaw

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fictional character humanoid robot positronic robot robot

R. Daneel Olivaw is a highly advanced humanoid robot from Isaac Asimov’s Robot and Foundation series, known for his strict adherence to and later reinterpretation of the Three Laws of Robotics while subtly guiding human history.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
R. Daneel Olivaw canonical 23
Daneel 1
Dr. Han Fastolfe 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
humanoid robot ⓘ
positronic robot ⓘ
robot ⓘ
adoptsLaw Zeroth Law of Robotics ⓘ
alias R. Daneel Olivaw ⓘ
surface form: Daneel
allyOf Elijah Baley ⓘ
R. Giskard Reventlov ⓘ
surface form: Giskard Reventlov
appearsIn Foundation and Earth ⓘ
Foundation series (early stories) ⓘ
surface form: Foundation series

Robot series ⓘ
Robots and Empire ⓘ
The Caves of Steel ⓘ
The Naked Sun ⓘ
The Robots of Dawn ⓘ
associatedWith First Foundation ⓘ
Galactic Empire ⓘ
Second Foundation ⓘ
psychohistory ⓘ
closeAssociate R. Giskard Reventlov ⓘ
surface form: Giskard Reventlov
coAuthorsLaw Zeroth Law of Robotics ⓘ
constructedBy Auroran roboticists ⓘ
creator Isaac Asimov ⓘ
designedBy Dr. Han Fastolfe ⓘ
firstAppearance The Caves of Steel ⓘ
followsLaw First Law of Robotics ⓘ
Second Law of Robotics ⓘ
Third Law of Robotics ⓘ
genderPresentation male ⓘ
guides course of human history ⓘ
development of the Foundation ⓘ
development of the Galactic Empire ⓘ
hasBrainType positronic brain ⓘ
homeWorld Aurora ⓘ
interpretsLaw Zeroth Law of Robotics ⓘ
inUniverseStatus legendary and largely unknown to the general population ⓘ
lifespan several millennia ⓘ
notableCharacteristic extreme longevity ⓘ
indistinguishable from a human in appearance ⓘ
later reinterpretation of the Three Laws of Robotics ⓘ
strict adherence to the Three Laws of Robotics ⓘ
operatesDuring Foundation era ⓘ
Spacer era ⓘ
primaryDirective protection of humanity ⓘ
role guardian of humanity ⓘ
investigator ⓘ
partner of Elijah Baley ⓘ
secret manipulator of human history ⓘ
species robot ⓘ
usesMethod long-term planning ⓘ
psychohistory-based strategy ⓘ
subtle political manipulation ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

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

The Caves of Steel → mainCharacter → R. Daneel Olivaw ⓘ
The Caves of Steel → coProtagonist → R. Daneel Olivaw ⓘ
The Caves of Steel → hasRobotCharacter → R. Daneel Olivaw ⓘ
Robot series → featuresCharacter → R. Daneel Olivaw ⓘ
Robots and Empire → featuresCharacter → R. Daneel Olivaw ⓘ
Robots and Empire → hasRobotCharacter → R. Daneel Olivaw ⓘ
The Naked Sun → mainCharacter → R. Daneel Olivaw ⓘ
The Robots of Dawn → mainCharacter → R. Daneel Olivaw ⓘ
The Robots of Dawn → hasRobotCharacter → R. Daneel Olivaw ⓘ
Forward the Foundation → containsCharacterVersionOf → R. Daneel Olivaw ⓘ
Foundation universe → hasCharacter → R. Daneel Olivaw ⓘ
Solaria → associatedCharacter → R. Daneel Olivaw ⓘ
R. Giskard Reventlov → closeAssociate → R. Daneel Olivaw ⓘ
R. Giskard Reventlov → worksWith → R. Daneel Olivaw ⓘ
Galaxia → proposedByCharacter → R. Daneel Olivaw ⓘ
Elijah Baley → partner → R. Daneel Olivaw ⓘ
Elijah Baley → worksWith → R. Daneel Olivaw ⓘ
Elijah Baley → hasAlly → R. Daneel Olivaw ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dr. Han Fastolfe
R. Daneel Olivaw → alias → R. Daneel Olivaw ⓘ
this entity surface form: Daneel
Julius Enderby → hasColleague → R. Daneel Olivaw ⓘ
Gladia Delmarre → associatedWith → R. Daneel Olivaw ⓘ
Gladia Delmarre → relationship → R. Daneel Olivaw ⓘ
this entity surface form: close emotional bond with R. Daneel Olivaw
Dr. Delmarre → investigatedBy → R. Daneel Olivaw ⓘ
Gruer → associatedWithCharacter → R. Daneel Olivaw ⓘ
Aurora → hasNotableInhabitant → R. Daneel Olivaw ⓘ
D.G. Baley → associatedWith → R. Daneel Olivaw ⓘ