U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation
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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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation canonical | 12 |
| U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc. | 2 |
| U.S. Robots | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1799543 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation Context triple: [I, Robot, hasMainOrganization, U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation]
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A.
Vulcan Inc.
Vulcan Inc. is a private company founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen that manages his business, real estate, sports, and philanthropic ventures.
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B.
Sirius Cybernetics Corporation
Sirius Cybernetics Corporation is a fictional company in Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series, notorious for producing irritating and malfunction-prone robots and technology.
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C.
Burroughs Corporation
Burroughs Corporation was a major American business equipment and computer company, best known as one of the early mainframe manufacturers and a predecessor of Unisys.
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D.
The Spaceship Company
The Spaceship Company is an aerospace manufacturing firm co-founded by Virgin Galactic to build and test suborbital spaceplanes and related spacecraft.
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E.
Bolt Beranek and Newman
Bolt Beranek and Newman was a pioneering American research and engineering firm best known for its foundational role in developing the ARPANET, a precursor to the modern internet.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation Target entity description: 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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A.
Vulcan Inc.
Vulcan Inc. is a private company founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen that manages his business, real estate, sports, and philanthropic ventures.
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B.
Sirius Cybernetics Corporation
Sirius Cybernetics Corporation is a fictional company in Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series, notorious for producing irritating and malfunction-prone robots and technology.
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C.
Burroughs Corporation
Burroughs Corporation was a major American business equipment and computer company, best known as one of the early mainframe manufacturers and a predecessor of Unisys.
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D.
The Spaceship Company
The Spaceship Company is an aerospace manufacturing firm co-founded by Virgin Galactic to build and test suborbital spaceplanes and related spacecraft.
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E.
Bolt Beranek and Newman
Bolt Beranek and Newman was a pioneering American research and engineering firm best known for its foundational role in developing the ARPANET, a precursor to the modern internet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional company
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fictional corporation ⓘ robotics company ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
I, Robot
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Robot series ⓘ Robots and Empire ⓘ The Caves of Steel ⓘ The Naked Sun ⓘ The Robots of Dawn ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
ethics of artificial intelligence
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human–robot interaction ⓘ robot psychology ⓘ |
| businessModelInFiction | design, manufacture, and sale of robots ⓘ |
| controls | research into advanced positronic brains ⓘ |
| countryInFiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Isaac Asimov ⓘ |
| employsFictionalCharacter |
Alfred Lanning
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Lawrence Robertson ⓘ Peter Bogert ⓘ Dr. Susan Calvin ⓘ
surface form:
Susan Calvin
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| field | robotics ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| governingPrinciple | Three Laws of Robotics ⓘ |
| governsRobotsBy |
Three Laws of Robotics
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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
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surface form:
U.S. Robots
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| hasFictionalHeadquarters |
New York metropolitan area
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surface form:
New York area
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| hasKeyFigure |
Alfred Lanning
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Lawrence Robertson ⓘ Peter Bogert ⓘ Dr. Susan Calvin ⓘ
surface form:
Susan Calvin
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| 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
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surface form:
Isaac Asimov's Robot universe
Asimov universe ⓘ
surface form:
Isaac Asimov's broader Foundation–Robot universe
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| product |
domestic robots
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humanoid robots ⓘ industrial robots ⓘ positronic robots ⓘ |
| regulates | deployment of robots in human society ⓘ |
| settingFor | many of Asimov's robot short stories ⓘ |
| usesTechnology | positronic brain ⓘ |
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U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation
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U.S. Robots
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U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc.
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U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc.