DV-5
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DV-5 is a fictional mining robot from Isaac Asimov’s science fiction story “Catch That Rabbit,” notable for its puzzling group behavior under the Three Laws of Robotics.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional robot
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mining robot ⓘ robot character ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Dave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| analyzedByCharacter |
Donovan
NERFINISHED
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Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Catch That Rabbit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkType | short story ⓘ |
| behaviorCharacteristic |
puzzling group behavior
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unpredictable coordination with subordinates ⓘ |
| commandRelationship | controls six subordinate robots ⓘ |
| controlArchitecture | central robot with multiple subsidiary units ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Isaac Asimov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalTechnologyType | positronic robot ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | magazine short story ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| governingPrinciple | Three Laws of Robotics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasComponentType |
finger robots
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subordinate robot units ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
complexity of robotic control hierarchies
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emergent group behavior in robots ⓘ limitations of the Three Laws of Robotics ⓘ |
| includedIn | I, Robot (as part of the collection in some editions) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| investigationTrigger | unexplained drops in ore output ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| lawConstraint |
must obey the First Law of Robotics
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must obey the Second Law of Robotics ⓘ must obey the Third Law of Robotics ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | early exploration of multi-robot coordination in fiction ⓘ |
| medium | written fiction ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central mystery of Catch That Rabbit ⓘ |
| notableFor | mysterious lapses in performance when unobserved ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
asteroid mining
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ore extraction ⓘ |
| problemContext | asteroid tunnel mining operations ⓘ |
| problemType | malfunction under specific conditions ⓘ |
| publisherOfWork | Astounding Science Fiction (for Catch That Rabbit) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkSeries | I, Robot (story collection) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resolutionType | diagnosis through direct observation of behavior ⓘ |
| setting | mining station on an asteroid ⓘ |
| subgenre | robot fiction ⓘ |
| timeOfFirstPublication | 1944 ⓘ |
| universe | Asimov’s Robot series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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