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Interviewer

This character appears in the introduction and in the transitional linking sections throughout the book as he questions the history of robotics.

Susan Calvin

This character appears an elderly woman looking back on the history of robotics and offering comments on specific incidents within that history in the "Introduction" and linking narratives.

Gloria

In "Robbie," this eight-year-old character is a playful, impulsive, willful, and demanding child whose primary emotional relationship is with a robot.

Robbie

In "Robbie," this character is a robot, or "nursemaid," constructed and programmed to provide companionship to a young girl.

Grace Weston

In "Robbie," this character is the mother of an eight-year-old girl who becomes attached to a robot.

George Weston

In “Robbie,” this character is the father of an eight-year-old girl who becomes attached to a robot.

Mr. Struthers

In "Robbie," this character is the General Manager of the Robot Manufacturing plant...

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