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Martian Canal Ice
Open water ice on the fourth planet.
(From Red Planet [1949] by Robert Heinlein)
Monowheel
A single-wheeled police car.
(From Firewater [1952] by William Tenn)
Prime Command
A universal order or principle carried out by every robotic device.
(From Robots Are Nice? [1957] by Gordon R. Dickson)
Robocide
Deliberate destruction of robots.
(From Robots Are Nice? [1957] by Gordon R. Dickson)
Robus
A robotic bus.
(From Terror in the Stars [1955] by John A. Sentry)
Robobus
An autonomous vehicle for picking up some number of passengers.
(From Robots Are Nice? [1957] by Gordon R. Dickson)
Facial Recognition
A device that scans a person, compares to a database, and brings out more stored information.
(From Rogue Psi [1962] by James Schmitz)
Ruum Spherical Robot
An autonomous spherical robot, possibly liquid metal, self-energizing, of alien design; a collector.
(From The Ruum [1953] by Arthur Porges)
Language Net
Endows the user with the ability to understand any language.
(From The Sorceror Pharesm [1966] by Gerald Vance)
Liquid Metal Telescope (Solid)
A large LMT made solid.
(From The Infinite Vision [1926] by Charles C. Winn)
Boxing Robot
Robots that fight in exhibitions, in the ring, for spectators.
(From Steel [1956] by Richard Matheson)
Electric-Powered Caterpillar Shovels
Mining equipment powered by electricity.
(From The Fortress of Utopia [1939] by Jack Williamson)
Ideophore
A device that quickly and (almost?) painlessly transfers knowledge from one brain to another.
(From The Fortress of Utopia [1939] by Jack Williamson)
Spaceplane
A craft able to land on Earth and take off directly for space.
(From Zarnak [1937] by Max Plaisted)
Beer Robot
A robot prepared and filled with draft beer.
(From How-2 [1954] by Clifford Simak)
Lawyer Robot
An autonomous, robotic lawyer.
(From How-2 [1954] by Clifford Simak)
Automaton Judge
An entirely artificial, mechanical judge for the courtroom.
(From The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century [1828] by Jane Webb Loudon)
Automaton Birds
Mechanical fowl sing sweetly.
(From The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century [1828] by Jane Webb Loudon)
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