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The Encyclopedia Tellurica
From the first line of the Introduction. "I LOOKED AT MY NOTES AND I DIDN'T LIKE THEM. I'd spent three days at U. S. Robots and might as well have spent them at home with the Encyclopedia Tellurica."

Gyro

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Vehicles

Motor Vehicles

Gyro
Transport vehicle for personal as well as commercial use.

The Handbook of Robotics

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Literature

Books-Reference

The Handbook of Robotics
Book that Powell references.

Herbie
Also known as RB-34, a robot that can read minds.

Hyperatomic Drive
Spaceship engine invented by robots.

Insosuits
Insulated suits used by miners on Mercury. "We can't go after Speedy ourselves, Mike, not on the Sunside. Even the new insosuits aren't good for more than twenty minutes in direct sunlight."

Interplanetary Press
From the Introduction. "I needed more than that for my feature articles for Interplanetary Press. Much more."

MC Model
Robot model.

Mercury Mines
Mining company on the planet Mercury.

Morbid M. Cadaver's Extensible Caskets

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Services

Funeral Homes

Morbid M. Cadaver's Extensible Caskets
Advertisement Donovan and Powell hear when they are temporarily dead. "Does your coffin fit differently lately? Why not try Morbid M. Cadaver's extensible caskets? They are scientifically designed to fit the natural curves of the body, and are enriched with Vitamin B1. Use Cadaver's caskets for comfort. Remember - you're going to be dead a long, long time!"

NS-2 Model
Robots that don't have the whole First Law imprinted in their brains.

QT Models
Robots built by U.S. Robots that possessed peculiar brains.

QT-1
Also known as The Prophet of the true master.

Robbie
Gloria's nursemaid robot. "I heard about it later, and when they called us blasphemers and demon-creators, I always thought of him. Robbie was a non-vocal robot. He couldn't speak. He was made and sold in 1996. Those were the days before extreme specialization, so he was sold as a nursemaid."

Solar Minerals
Mining company. "Well, I think it was in 2015 that the Second Mercury Expedition was sent out. It was exploratory and financed in part by U. S. Robots and in part by Solar Minerals."

SPD Model
Among the fastest robots turned out by the UnitedStates Robot & Mechanical Men Corp.

U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Incorpor...

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Companies

Robotics Companies

U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Incorporated
From various stories.

Visivox
Future entertainment venue. "Came the day at last, when Weston approached his daughter guiltily and suggested a beautiful Visivox show in the village."

World Steel
Steel company. "World Steel reports an overproduction of twenty thousand long tons."

MAKE BELIEVE MAP

Almaden
Location of mercury mines. "The Mexican Canal is two months behind schedule. The mercury mines at Almaden have experienced a production deficiency since last spring, while the Hydroponics plant at Tientsin has been laying men off. These items happen to come to mind at the moment. There is more of the same sort."

Capital City
Capital of the Tropic Region.

Ceres Penitentiary
Prison Powell mentions.

Hyper Base
Government research station in space using several robots whose brains are not impressioned with the entire First Law of Robotics.

Lunar Base
Moon base that the Lefebre-Yoshida expedition to Mars took off from.

The Mexican Canal
Canal under construction. "The Mexican Canal is two months behind schedule. The mercury mines at Almaden have experienced a production deficiency since last spring, while the Hydroponics plant at Tientsin has been laying men off. These items happen to come to mind at the moment. There is more of the same sort."

Solar Station 4
Space station.

Solar Station 5
Space station.

Tientsin
Location of hydroponics plant. "The Mexican Canal is two months behind schedule. The mercury mines at Almaden have experienced a production deficiency since last spring, while the Hydroponics plant at Tientsin has been laying men off. These items happen to come to mind at the moment. There is more of the same sort."

The Twenty-Seventh Asteroidal Grouping

Map

Outer Space

Asteroids

The Twenty-Seventh Asteroidal Grouping
Location of space stations working on the Hyperatomic Drive project.

Willow Grove
Street address. Byerley said evenly, "I read here as the description of what you are to search, I quote: 'the dwelling place belonging to Stephen Allen Byerley, located at 355 Willow Grove, Evanstron, together, with any garage, storehouse or other structures or buildings thereto appertaining, together with all grounds thereto appertaining'... um... and so on. Quite in order. But, my good man, it doesn't say anything about searching my interior. I am not part of the premises. You may search my clothes if you think I've got a robot hidden in my pocket."

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