PART I
The significance of the first quote, “Dr. Susan Calvin had seen it all when it came to robots,” is that Dr. Calvin saw many different types of robots in her life. She saw the robots that could not talk, a robot that could read minds, and ones that were in use on space stations. One robot that Dr. Calvin saw that could not talk was Robbie. He served as a nursemaid to a little girl, Gloria, and her family. He played with Gloria and was like a companion or a friend to her. When her mother sent him away and replaced him with a dog, Gloria became very sullen and lonely. But, soon the father arranged for them to meet each other again. He then rejoined Gloria and her family (Asimov 1-7, 13, 25-28).
Dr. Calvin saw the only robot ev
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