Robbie

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Robbie is a short story by Isaac Asimov about a mute robot companion to a young girl, exploring themes of prejudice, trust, and the human-robot relationship.

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Robbie canonical 4
Robbie is companion to Gloria Weston 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf short story
author Isaac Asimov
character George Weston
Gloria Weston
Grace Weston
Robbie the robot
linked to: Robby the Robot
collectedIn I, Robot
containsElement family conflict over technology
reconciliation between child and robot
countryOfOrigin United States
exploresAttitudeOf humans toward robots
featuresFictionalTechnology positronic robot
firstPublishedIn Super Science Stories
focusesOnRelationshipBetween child and robot
genre robot fiction
science fiction
hasApproximateLength short story length
hasInfluenceOn later robot stories
portrayals of human-robot companionship
language English
laterTitle Robbie
literaryPeriod Golden Age of Science Fiction
mainCharacter Gloria Weston
Robbie the robot
linked to: Robby the Robot
narrativePerspective third-person
originalTitle Strange Playfellow
partOfSeries Robot series
portraysRobotAs caretaker
companion
publicationYear 1940
publisherOfFirstAppearance Fictioneers, Inc.
linked to: Fiction House
robotSpeech mute
setting United States
near-future Earth
targetAudience adult readers
theme human-robot relationship
parental anxiety
prejudice
technophobia
trust

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

The Complete Robot hasPart Robbie
Robbie protagonistRelationship Robbie is companion to Gloria Weston
subject linked to: short story "Robbie"
linked to: Robbie
Evidence (short story) relatedWork Robbie
subject linked to: short story "Evidence"