I Robot by Isaac Asimov

I, Robot is a collection by Isaac asimov of nine of his short science fiction stories, first published in 1950. The stories originally appeared in the American Science Fiction magazines of the time, Super Science Stories and Astounding Science Fiction between 1940 and 1950. The stories are woven together as if Dr Susan Calvin is telling them to a reporter (the narrator) in the 21st century. Though the stories can be read separately, they all share the common theme of interaction between humans and robots. They also all share Isaac Asimovs Laws of Robotics.

Several of the stories feature the character of Doctor Susan Calvin, robopsychologist for U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Inc., the major manufacturer of robots. Upon their publication in this collection, Asimov wrote a framing sequence presenting the stories as Calvin's reminiscences during an interview with her about her life's work, chiefly concerned with aberrant behaviour of robots, and the use of "robopsychology" to sort them out. The book also contains the short story in which Asimov's famous Three Laws of Robotics first appear. Other characters that appear in these short stories are Powell and Donovan, a field-testing team which locates flaws in USRMM's prototype models.

Asimov wanted to call his collection Mind and Iron, and initially objected when the publisher changed the title.

Please note the book is only loosly associated with the recent film of the same name, with the only real input from this book being the 3 laws of robotics. The film I, Robot is actually based on a script called Hardwired, written by Jeff Vintar.