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| Sheem Spider Robot A robotic spider. (From The Witches of Karres [1966] by James Schmitz) |
| Self-Assembling Robots Robots with the capacity to assemble themselves from components, and then switch themselves on. (From The Witches of Karres [1966] by James Schmitz) |
| Stillsuit Desert Boots Special boots that offered parasitic power harvesting. (From Dune Messiah [1969] by Frank Herbert) |
| Sky-Bike A human-powered floating bicycle built for use in lunar sports. (From The Last Theorem [2008] by Arthur C. Clarke (w/Pohl)) |
| The Machine A single vast contrivance that supplied all the needs of the world's millions of solitary inhabitants. (From The Machine Stops [1909] by E.M. Forster) |
| Breed Humans For Machines Carefully cull the strong, resilient humans in favor of weakness, that the human race might be more adapted to life in the Machine. (From The Machine Stops [1909] by E.M. Forster) |
| Laputa (Island in Air) A floating island or rock in the air. (From Gulliver's Travels [1726] by Jonathan Swift) |
| The Book of the Machine The only book needed for life in the vast Machine. (From The Machine Stops [1909] by E.M. Forster) |
| Verhaeren Factor Provides autonomous robots with the capacity for independent creative action. (From Robinc [1943] by Anthony Boucher) |
| Robot Chef Creative, autonomous robotic cook. (From Robinc [1943] by Anthony Boucher) |
| Light-Sculpture A creative work that was both sculpture and light. (From Light Verse [1973] by Isaac Asimov) |
| Usuform Robot A robot designed strictly along functional lines. (From Q.U.R. [1943] by Anthony Boucher) |
| Usuform Robot Bartender A robotic bartender that is designed along purely functional lines. (From Q.U.R. [1943] by Anthony Boucher) |
| Flex-Wheels Special wheels designed for getting around on the Moon. (From 2001: A Space Odyssey [1968] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| Feelies (Feely) Device adds the tactile element to entertainment. (From Brave New World [1932] by Aldous Huxley) |
| Scent-Organ A device that output specified odors. (From Brave New World [1932] by Aldous Huxley) |
| Probe Screen Hood A device that blocks attempts to see into the contents of the brain mind. (From The Hood Maker ('Immunity') [1955] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Guard Robot Early reference to a robot performing the functions of a security guard. (From The Hood Maker ('Immunity') [1955] by Philip K. Dick) |
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