Identities
Experiences
Human Ingenuity
Social Organisation
100
The name of the interviewee in the introduction of the book

Susan Calvin

100

Susan Calvin's job when she joined US Robots

Robopsychologist

100

The type of brain the robots have 

Positronic

100

The current role of robots in society

Faithful helpers. Assistants.

200

The year Susan Calvin was born

1982

200

How long Susan has worked at this company.

50 years

200

The robot output when Susan joined the company.

3 robots a week

200

Susan's opinion about robots.

They are cleaner, a better breed than humans.

300

The name of the founder of US ROBOTS

Lawrence Robertson

300
The reason Susan is being interviewed.

She is retiring. They want a human angle to her "vita" in the company.

300

The fact that robots are human-made also implies...

... they can be human-destroyed.
300

The number of people that read Interplanetary Press

3.000.000.000. Three billion

400
Susan's age when she felt the need to explore the field of robotics.
20
400

What do people think about Susan Calvin?

That she is not human.That she is a robot herself.

400

The device the interviewer was using to take down notes.

A pocket recorder.

400

Who opposed the use of robots in human jobs?

The labour unions

500

The breakthrough in the robot she saw at the seminar 

A voice. / It could speak.

500

What the interviewer has not seen.

A world without robots.
500

The material the positronic brains are made of.

Platinumiridium
500

What other segment of society found objections to robots?

Segments of religious opinion

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