Science Fiction Dictionary: Terms, Ideas and Technology

Science Fiction Dictionary: Ideas, Terms and Technology
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Device Name	Book/Story	Author	Date
R. Daneel Olivaw A human-like robot, skilled in police work.	Caves of Steel	Asimov	1953
R2-D2 (Artoo-Detoo) Now the generic term for a small, maneuverable robot.	Star Wars	Lucas	1976
Rabbit-Paper A paper pregnancy test that showed immediate results.	The Game Players of Titan	Dick	1963
Rachag A caffeine-style stimulant.	Dune	Herbert	1965
Radar Detection of objects at a distance.	Ralph 124c 41 +	Gernsback	1911
Radar Mesentery A thick covering that supports a network of sensors.	This Immortal	Zelazny	1965
Radiant A chip that is injected into the shoulder, providing positioning and information about the subject.	The Houses of Iszm	Vance	1954
Radiant Power Receptor (DeKalbs) A device which received and used energy transmitted from a station or satellite.	Waldo	Heinlein	1942
Radiant Shield A device that would effectively prevent an implanted radiant from being detected or read.	The Houses of Iszm	Vance	1954
Radiation Garment Clothing worn by ordinary citizens to reduce the risk of radiation exposure.	Waldo	Heinlein	1942
Radiation Shield A clever use for the water you need to take anyway.	The Ultimate Weapon	Campbell	1936
Radiation-Proof Oxygen Suit A specialized space suit for use in radium mining on Jupiter.	Red Storm on Jupiter	Long, Jr.	1936
Radio Meteor Detector A device carried by space ships that could detect meteors in space early enough to avoid them.	Islands of Space	Campbell	1931
Radioactive Coding for Checks Special coding system to easily recognize checks.	The Door Into Summer	Heinlein	1956
Radioactive Ruin The aftermath of atomic war is generations of ruin.	The World Set Free	Wells	1914
Radio-Controlled Mechanical Man A remote-controlled robot.	The Robot Terror	Huff	1930
Radio-Dirigible Torpedo A drone missile that is controlled remotely by an operator.	Triplanetary	Smith	1934
Radio-Facsimile Receiver A device that prints a newspaper in your home.	Ben Gleed, King of Speed	Wilcox	1939
Radium Repeller ray Move inbound asteroids aside to keep ships safe.	The Asteroid of Death	Jones	1931
Radium Salt Radioactive materials used as an assassination weapon.	Murder in the Void	Hamilton	1938
Radium-Action Lighter A personal device used to ignite tobacco products.	The Worlds of Tomorrow	Wellman	1940
Radson Skimmer A small vehicle designed for a small number of passengers; capable of low, slow flight.	This Immortal	Zelazny	1965
Raisin A small device like a hearing aid that fits inside the external part of the ear; combines an intelligent agent and wireless access to the network.	Nanotime	Kosko	1987
Ram Field A specialized version of the hydrogen-gathering field for a Bussard Ramjet.	Protector	Niven	1973
Ramrobot An autonomous interstellar exploration craft using gathered hydrogen for fuel.	The Ethics of Madness	Niven	1967
Ramsbotham Gate A means of getting from point A to point B without traversing the space in-between.	Tunnel in the Sky	Heinlein	1955
Ramscoop An enormous magnetic field precedes a spaceship moving through space, directing interstellar hydrogen inward for use as fuel.	World of Ptavvs	Niven	1965
Randominoes Dominoes that randomly generate new numbers.	Nymphomation	Noon	2000
Rapid-Transit Hover Blimp Public transportation for a paranoid age.	Galactic Pot-Healer	Dick	1969
Rat Thing A guard cyborg created from a living animal.	Snow Crash	Stephenson	1992
Rat-Robot A small remotely-operated surveillance robot.	Anything You Can Do	Garrett	1962
Raw Material-Tropic Moves towards desirable raw materials.	Autofac	Dick	1955
Ray gun A weapon that projects a beam of destructive force.	The Messiah of the Cylinder	Rousseau	1917
Ray Gun (Handheld) A weapon shaped like a handgun that shoots rays of energy.	The Black Star Passes	Campbell	1930
Ray Pistol A handheld device for projecting radiative force of some kind.	The Black Star Passes	Campbell	1930
Ray-Pistol An early version of the raygun.	The War of the Planets	Vincent	1929
Raytron Apparatus A device for aerial surveillance; the image was transmitted back to the user.	Beyond the Stars	Cummings	1928
Razorback Autonomous motorcycle weapons platform.	Daemon	Suarez	2006
Razorgirl Surgically implanted blades under the fingernails.	Neuromancer	Gibson	1984
Reaction Attachment Independent maneuvering for space suits.	The Asteroid of Death	Jones	1931
Reaction Pistol A hand-held device for maneuvering in zero gravity in a space suit.	Martian Guns	Bell	1932
Reaction-Motors A spacecraft engine that works by firing matter out at high speed.	Twelve Hours To Live	Williamson	1931
Reactive Walls Wall surfaces designed for use in clubs; they reacted to the music played in the room.	Freezone	Shirley	1985
Reading Machine A projector which showed text on a screen or the ceiling for easy reading.	Stranger in a Strange Land	Heinlein	1961
Reading Plaque A tablet-sized display for reading.	Earth	Brin	1990
Reading Plate A flat screen that provided computer output for viewing.	The Star Beast	Heinlein	1954
Readout Skin Normal-appearing skin that can be used as an output device for text or graphics.	Steel Beach	Varley	1992
Reality Graphics One-stop design - the final design is the object.	A Fire Upon The Deep	Vinge	1992
Reality Tape The medium upon which the life experience of an electric ant - a robotic person - is presented.	The Electric Ant	Dick	1969
Reason Hypervelocity Railgun Multichamber weapon accelerates tiny splinters of metal.	Snow Crash	Stephenson	1992
Receptor Tape A thin, flexible material that can pick up sounds.	The Face	Vance	1979
Reciprocal Name A nickname or familiar name used to specify a more completely defined full name and telephone number.	The Age of The Pussyfoot	Pohl	1966
Recoil Pistol A handheld device that permits a spaceman to manuever in zero gravity.	Exiles of the Moon	Schachner (w. AL Zagat)	1931
Recon Spiders Tiny spider-sized robots that are able to search buildings and identify occupants.	Minority Report (Movie)	Spielberg	2002
Recorded Books Electronically recorded books.	Foundation and Empire	Asimov	1952
Recorded News This is the basic idea behind Tivo and VCRs.	In the Year 2889	Verne	1889
Recorded Personalities Computer firmware that saves a person's characteristics and reactions.	Mona Lisa Overdrive	Gibson	1988
Recording Eye A surveillance device that can survive being dropped from space; transmits images in a wide view.	The Man in the Maze	Silverberg	1969
Recording Radio A handheld device that both recorded sound and transmitted it live to a remote broadcasting location.	Four-Day Planet	Piper	1961
Recycler A surgically implanted device that enables a diver to obtain oxygen directly from seawater.	Starfish	Watts	1999
Red Weed (Terraforming Plant) A plant brought by the Martians that grew on Earth.	The War of the Worlds	Wells	1898
Reflectocosmic Spectrometer A device that detects and measures cosmic rays that reflect from different metals.	Buck Rogers, 2430 AD	Nowlan (w/D. Calkins)	1929
Refreshing Chamber Replaces the bathroom in the future history of Robert Heinlein.	Coventry	Heinlein	1940
Refrigeration Tape A strip of material that can be used to keep large tracts of tundra nicely frozen.	Tower of Glass	Silverberg	1970
Refurbished Nervous System Your nerves are rewired for 5-10 times the speed of a normal person.	The Stars My Destination	Bester	1956
Regen-Buds Small collection of cells that can regrow into human limbs.	The Velvet Glove	Harrison	1956
Regeneration Tank A nutrient bath large enough to enclose a person that preserved life and treated disease.	Contagion	MacLean	1950
Reggie the Bartending Machine A mechanism able to mix drinks; a robot bartender.	The Outpost	Resnick	2002
Relations with Extraterrestrial Life Instructions to earth citizens on how to behave when encountering alien civilizations.	Ogre	Simak	1944
Relay A central information system used to coordinate all of human culture and technology.	Souvenir	Dick	1954
Remote (or Seeker Remote) A training aid for use by Jedi knights.	Star Wars	Lucas	1976
Remote Control Taxicab A cab that is piloted by a remote operator.	The Unreconstructed M	Dick	1957
Remote Telepresence Robot A very early depiction of this basic idea.	Buck Rogers, 2430 AD	Nowlan (w/D. Calkins)	1929
Remote-Cast Snooper A small, easily concealed poison snooper.	Dune	Herbert	1965
Remote-Control Slavery Mental control (possibly mediated by radio waves) of individuals of other species.	The Man in the Maze	Silverberg	1969
Remotely Operated Auto-targeting Gun (ROAG) A weapon able to pick out its own targets; it's action can be remotely initiated.	Quantico	Bear	2007
Repair Drone Autonomous robots repair damage or sabotage.	Neuromancer	Gibson	1984
Repair Robots Autonomous robots that carry out maintenance functions on a space ship.	The Well-Oiled Machine	Fyfe	1950
Repellor Anti-Gravity Rays Device provides support for planet-side air travel.	Armageddon: 2419 A.D.	Nowlan	1928
Replaced Worker Benefits Compensation for people whose jobs are taken by robots.	Spark	Twelve Hawks	2014
Replicant An android; an artificial human being.	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?	Dick	1968
Reporting Machine A robotic roving reporter.	The Simulacra	Dick	1964
Repulsor A device that inhibits the action of a spacewarp drive.	What Mad Universe	Brown	1949
Repulsor Ray Fires an invisible beam of electrons for propulsion.	The Time-Raider	Hamilton	1927
Repulsor Screen Diverts troublesome asteroids.	Crystalized Thought	Schachner	1937
Rescue Nets Nets raised around the circumference of a vast air transport.	Flight of the Eastern Star	Repp	1929
Reserve Bracelet A means of sending a message via tiny shocks in code, delivered to the wrist.	Plague	Leinster	1944
Residual Poison A poison that, once administered, resides in the body; only regular intake of the antidote keeps the person alive.	Dune	Herbert	1965
Resilian A natural fiber that is as strong as steel.	The Howling Bounders	Vance	1949
Resting Pits	Limits	Niven	1985
Restraining Bolt A device that makes sure a robot does what you want (rather than what it wants).	Star Wars	Lucas	1976
Retaliatory Tapeworm (Counter-Worm) Using computers to deliberately damage another person's reputation and well-being.	The Shockwave Rider	Brunner	1975
Retard-Jets Rockets to slow down.	Brother Worlds	Gallun	1951
Retinal Implant An implanted device that can record and transmit what the person sees.	The Neutronium Alchemist	Hamilton	1997
Retinal Light An internal flashlight.	The Stars My Destination	Bester	1956
Retinal Projection A method for projecting advertisements directly on the retina.	The Space Merchants	Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth)	1952
Retinal Vid-Screen A tiny display surgically implanted directly in the retina of the eye.	Sales Pitch	Dick	1954
Retro-Rockets Small boosters to provide a thrust counter to the current velocity of the spacecraft, slowing it down or stopping its progress altogether.	From the Earth to the Moon	Verne	1867
Reversal Coils Provide both entry into a negative universe and propulsion.	The Infinite Enemy	Williamson	1938
Revitalizer Console. A kind of automated medical marvel; it optimizes your body chemistry for better health, tops off your fluids, etc.	Millennium	Varley	1983
Rewriting History Use of sophisticated technology to continuously rewrite the historical record.	1984 (Nineteen Eighty-Four)	Orwell	1948
Rex Regenerator (Mechanotherapist) Mechanotherapy device cures homicidal urges.	Bad Medicine	Sheckley	1956
Rhennius Machine Device of alien manufacture, which will reverse, or turn inside out, any object passed through its mobilator.	Doorways in the Sand	Zelazny	1976
Rhetorizer A computerized assistant for writers.	The Penultimate Truth	Dick	1964
Ribbon World A planet that presents the same face to its sun has a small habitable area - the ribbon between light and dark.	Foundation and Empire	Asimov	1952
Riding Robot A single person means of bipedal transportation.	The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge	Harrison	1970
Ridulian Crystal Sheets Exceptionally strong, surpassingly thin material.	God Emperor of Dune	Herbert	1981
Rifle Range (Virtual Shooting Range) Virtual skeet shooting gallery with clay pigeon traps created by aliens.	Way Station	Simak	1963
Right Angle Projectile A missile that turns at right angles after being fired.	The Mad Metropolis	High	1966
Rigid Metallic Clothing An early exoskeleton.	A Conquest of Two Worlds	Hamilton	1932
Ring Road A magnetically levitated train.	Starman Jones	Heinlein	1953
Ring-Table A device that creates a 'group mind', a single mind, from the many gathered around it.	The Universe Wreckers	Hamilton	1930
Ringworld A 50 foot thick ribbon of matter around a star, a million miles across and as long as Earth's orbital circumference.	Ringworld	Niven	1970
RNA Shots An injection prepared from the tissues of a person with knowledge or experience that you need.	A World Out of Time	Niven	1976
Roachster A genetically-engineered vehicle based on arthropod DNA; uses implanted control structures.	Sparrowhawk	Easton	1990
Robant A robotic servant.	The Impossible Planet	Dick	1953
Robant Bill Collector A robot designed to collect overdue bills, no matter what.	Now Wait For Last Year	Dick	1966
Robass A robotic beast of burden.	The Quest for Saint Aquin	Boucher	1951
Robobug A cyborg insect.	The Golden City	Twelve Hawks	2009
Robocop A robotic police officer.	Wanted in Surgery	Ellison	1957
Robodore A robot specialized for use as a stevedore, emptying the contents of ships in port.	Robot Unwanted	Keyes	1952
Robofish (Mitsubishi Robot Turbot) A powerful, meter-long robotic fish used to take samples from liquid lakes on other worlds (like Titan).	Slow Life	Swanwick	2002
Robomule The robotic equivalent of a mule.	Bill the Galactic Hero	Harrison	1965
Robopark An automated parking garage.	Methuselah's Children	Heinlein	1941
Robopsychologist One who examines the thought processes of robots.	Liar	Asimov	1941
Roboscribe A robotic writer of hard-bitten detective yarns.	End as a Robot	Marsten	1954
Robot A (usually human-shaped) artifact with the same kinds of abilities as a human - this is the first use of the word 'robot'.	R.U.R.	Capek	1920
Robot AI Driven Mad Placing an artificial intelligence or autonomous robot in a situation in which its brain is unable to make a decision and is destroyed or driven mad.	Liar	Asimov	1941
Robot Animals Artificial animals created using robotic elements.	Reunion on Ganymede	Simak	1938
Robot Bar A combination bartender and bar; a robot capable of dispensing beverages.	Bill the Galactic Hero	Harrison	1965
Robot Bartender An automated, mechanical bar tending robot.	The Stars My Destination	Bester	1956
Robot Biomimicry Endowing robots with an organic-appearing fluidity, rather than mechanical motion.	The War of the Worlds	Wells	1898
Robot Bird A small winged UAV that can mimic a bird in flight.	Invader on My Back	High	1968
Robot Brother A roboticist brings home a robot brother for his natural son.	Brother Robot	Slesar	1958
Robot Bus An autonomous vehicle to transport groups of people.	The Little Things	Kuttner	1946
Robot Busboy A robotic device able to autonomously clear tables in a restaurant.	Lies, Inc.	Dick	1964
Robot Cab Driver You think you have problems? Robots have the worst problems of anyone.	A Present for Pat	Dick	1954
Robot Cat A biological feline with mechanical parts.	The Cat and the King	Jones	1946
Robot Cells (Crystal-Shaped Modules) Minute dodecahedral units that could combine into different shapes to become full robots.	Isaac Asimov's Odyssey : Robot City: Book1	Kube-McDowell	1987
Robot Chef Creative, autonomous robotic cook.	Robinc	Boucher	1943
Robot Comedian Joke-telling feature added to a standard butler robot.	The Jester	Tenn	1951
Robot Conductor A robot that serves as the conductor on a bus.	The Woman You Wanted	Silverberg	1958
Robot Control Board Control panel with small screens showing the point of view of different robots.	The Robot Master	Beckwith	1929
Robot Cook A household robot that can cook meals.	Helen O'Loy	del Rey	1938
Robot Cop A robotic police officer.	Pacifist of Hell's Island	Williams	1943
Robot Crab An automated gardener.	Neuromancer	Gibson	1984
Robot Detector A device that can sense robotics.	Assignment in the Unknown	Quattrocchi	1951
Robot Doctor A mechanical physician.	Flamingo: A Drama of A.D. 1950	Heller	1930
Robot Dog A mechanical, robotic dog.	The Iron World	Kline	1937
Robot Door Automated door has some decision-making capabilities, in addition to speech recognition capabilities.	Colony	Dick	1953
Robot Earthworm Autonomous swarming robots the size of earthworms, with similar earth-digging capabilities.	War With The Robots	Harrison	1962
Robot Emotions Devices or techniques that give rise to emotions in robots.	Helen O'Loy	del Rey	1938
Robot Factory Representative An ambulatory agent of an automatic factory.	Autofac	Dick	1955
Robot Farmer A humanoid robot used for agriculture.	The Turning Wheel	Dick	1954
Robot Fish A mechanical fish.	At Kokomo Joe's	Stauffer	1989
Robot Fish (Metal Fish) Fake flounders for sport fishermen on Martian canals.	Atom Drive	Fontenay	1956
Robot Gardener An autonomous gardening robot, taking care of plants in parks or fields.	War Veteran	Dick	1955
Robot Gas Station An entirely automated station for dispensing fuel to consumer vehicles.	Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said	Dick	1974
Robot Guard Very early reference to a guard robot.	The Turning Wheel	Dick	1954
Robot Gun An automated gun; typically used for sentry duty.	Aliens	Foster	1986
Robot Handlers Small robots used in spacecraft for a variety of useful tasks.	The Golden Globe	Varley	1998
Robot Interception Aerial Mines Loitering explosives overhead.	The World Jones Made	Dick	1956
Robot Introspection A robotic brain grows and learns about itself.	Unforeseen	Graham	1949
Robot Judge Artificially intelligent legal machine - robes and all.	Robot Justice	Harrison	1959
Robot Lawn Mower An automated lawn mower.	City	Simak	1944
Robot Librarian Filer A device that works as a librarian, automatically filing books in the stacks.	The Robot Who Wanted to Know	Harrison	1962
Robot Manumission The freeing of a robotic being from a state of being owned property.	Robot Unwanted	Keyes	1952
Robot Mice Tiny cleaning robots.	The Martian Chronicles	Bradbury	1950
Robot Mother A self-replicating robot, which creates a series of helper bots that adapt to conditions as needed.	The Mechanical Mice	Hugi	1941
Robot Music Music created and performed entirely by robots.	The Robot God	Cummings	1941
Robot Observatory A fully automated astronomical observatory, placed on a planet (typically, one that does not support human life).	Space Rating	Berryman	1939
Robot Pianist A robot learns the fine art of playing classical music on the piano.	Virtuoso	Goldstone	1953
Robot Pope An artificially intelligent robotic cardinal ascends to the Throne of St. Peter.	Good News From the Vatican	Silverberg	1971
Robot Probes (Arr-twos) Remote controlled robots that wander through a facility, bringing pictures and information to a central location.	Oath of Fealty	Niven (w/J. Pournelle)	1981
Robot Prohibition Robots may not wander alone.	Robbie (Strange Playfellow)	Asimov	1940
Robot Psyche Tester An automated psychiatric evaluation device.	Colony	Dick	1953
Robot Ramp A special means of ingress and egress solely for use by mechanical help.	Robot Unwanted	Keyes	1952
Robot Revolt Robots to throw off the yoke of Man?	The Exile of Time	Cummings	1931
Robot Self-Assembly A robot separated into many pieces reassembles itself.	Meccano	Correa	1968
Robot Situation Neurosis Robots go mad when given competing instructions.	The Unreconstructed M	Dick	1957
Robot Skin Covering Realistic covering for the bodies of robots.	Rex	Vincent	1934
Robot Snake A mechanical reptile, with no legs.	Bait for the Tiger	Chaytor	1958
Robot Snake Spy A small robot in the shape of a snake, used for field work by spies.	Mariposa	Bear	2009
Robot Spectra Analyzer Device used to find ones position in real space.	The Repairman	Harrison	1959
Robot Strike When robots refuse to work.	Robots of the World! Arise!	Wolf	1952
Robot Suicide A robot decides to commit suicide, and sets up a mechanism to put his decision into effect.	Adam Link's Vengeance	Binder	1940
Robot Surgeon An autonomous robotic surgeon.	The Bicentennial Man	Asimov	1976
Robot Surgeon-Hand A skilled surgical robot that attaches at the end of the surgeon's arm.	War Veteran	Dick	1955
Robot Surgery Robots operate an advance operating theater.	Secret of the Buried City	Fearn	1939
Robot Taste Buds A sensor for robots that would allow it to taste foods like a human being.	Robinc	Boucher	1943
Robot Taxi A taxicab with a robotic driver.	Solar Lottery	Dick	1955
Robot Tennis Player A purely mechanical, autonomous foe on the court.	Manners of the Age	Fyfe	1952
Robot Tracking Device Small UAV robot remotely operated by an artificially intelligent computer.	Vulcan's Hammer	Dick	1960
Robot Trash Collectors Robots that drive and operate garbage trucks.	The Velvet Glove	Harrison	1956
Robot Vending Machine Machinery displaces news boys selling papers on street corners.	The Prince of Space	Williamson	1931
Robot Voice A voice box for a robot that is an analog of the human voice system.	Catch That Rabbit	Asimov	1944
Robot Waiter Robotic restaurant servitor.	Flamingo: A Drama of A.D. 1950	Heller	1930
Robot Wheel An enormous vehicular robot in the shape of a gigantic wheel.	The Metal Giants	Hamilton	1926
Robot With Human's Brain A very early example of encasing a human brain in a robotic body.	Revenge of the Robot	Kline	1936
Robotaxi A fully automated, driverless taxi.	Dugal Was A Spaceman	Gibson	1953
Robot-Boss A mechanical device that tells people what to do.	Women's World	Cooke	1939
Robot-Control Wave Band Special command circuit for robots.	Rex	Vincent	1934
Robot-Deranger A ray that discombobulates robots of all kinds.	The Exile of Time	Cummings	1931
Robotess A female robot.	R.U.R.	Capek	1920
Robotic Abattoir Robots with knives in a meat-packing plant.	Freedom's Landing	McCaffrey	1996
Robotic Arm A specialized robotic reaching and grasping device.	City	Simak	1944
Robotic Butterfly A tiny, electromechanical flying robot.	I, Robot: The Movie	Ellison	1987
Robotic Chess Expert A robot that plays chess at a level that no human can match.	Time Quarry	Simak	1950
Robotic Conductor A robot charged with conductor's duties aboard a bus or other public transportation.	Paycheck	Dick	1953
Robotic Dishwasher A fully automated solution to the dishwashing problem.	The Martian Chronicles	Bradbury	1950
Robotic Eel A five-foot long artificial eel, controlled by an operator.	Re:Set	Beetlestone	2012
Robotic Hand A dexterous manipulator for robots.	The Door Into Summer	Heinlein	1956
Robotic Horse - Faithful Cybernetic Companion A robot that is specifically designed to closely resemble a horse.	The Warlock in Spite of Himself	Stasheff	1969
Robotic Law Tape Safety Valve A specific impulse that warns robots contemplating breaking the laws set forth for their behavior.	Robot Unwanted	Keyes	1952
Robotic Microhands Mechanical replica of hands, that mimic the movements of actual human hands.	Microhands (Микроруки)	Zhitkov	1931
Robotic Trash Can A sensor-equipped waste can capable of autonomous cleaning - and legal judgement.	Robot Justice	Harrison	1959
Roboticist A person who creates or works with robots.	Robot AL-76 Goes Astray	Asimov	1941
Roboticist A person who works on robots.	Evidence	Asimov	1946
Robotics The engineering field encompassing the creation and maintenance of robots.	Liar	Asimov	1941
Robotnik Automated Hotel A fully-automated hotel; no human interaction required.	The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge	Harrison	1970
Robot-Referee An autonomous robot judge at athletic events.	Jingle in the Jungle	Giunta	1957
Robots Build Robots Using robot labor exclusively to build more robots.	Robbie (Strange Playfellow)	Asimov	1940
Robots Refuse To Serve Man When robots evolve their own perspectives, and ultimately refuse to act as servants to human beings.	The Mentanicals	Flagg	1934
Robots Take Human Jobs Robots displace human beings in the workforce.	The Threat of the Robot	Keller	1929
Robot-Surgeon A perfect robot for perfected human beings.	Rex	Vincent	1934
Robutler A robotic butler.	The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge	Harrison	1970
Rocket Cruiser A privately owned space ship.	The Worlds of Tomorrow	Wellman	1940
Rocket Engine Moves Moon Using the propulsive mechanism of a space ship to move a small moon or asteroid.	The Space Dwellers	Gallun	1929
Rocket Float A sea-going floating platform for rocket launches.	Too Many Boards!	Vincent	1931
Rocket Gun In essence, a bazooka.	Armageddon: 2419 A.D.	Nowlan	1928
Rocket Liner A rocket designed for point-to-point Earth journeys; it goes well into the stratosphere.	Exiles of the Moon	Schachner (w. AL Zagat)	1931
Rocket Pine Genetically engineered trees for wood pulp.	The Human Blend	Foster	2010
Rocket Pistol Using pistol rounds to maneuver in space.	Buck Rogers, 2430 AD	Nowlan (w/D. Calkins)	1929
Rocket Racing Use of reaction mass vehicles for races held within the solar system.	Habit	del Rey	1939
Rocket Side Tubes An early description of attitude jets, course correction by small emissions of gas.	Evans of the Earth-Guard	Hamilton	1930
Rocket Tug The equivalent of a tug boat for space ships.	Crystalized Thought	Schachner	1937
Rocket-Belt A single-user propulsion pack.	The Worlds of Tomorrow	Wellman	1940
Rocketeer A person who pilots rockets.	Sunward Flight	Zagat	1943
Rocketeering Racing around in rockets	Ra For The Rajah	Peterson	1938
Rocket-Polo Polo played with rocket-powered craft.	Ra For The Rajah	Peterson	1938
Rocket-Powered Space Flight A device that could power a man from the surface of the Earth to that of the Moon.	A Voyage to the Moon	de Bergerac	1657
Rocketrix A female rocket pilot.	Redemption Cairn	Weinbaum	1936
Rod In a fight, it is used in a manner similar to a sword and a flamethrower.	Wolfling	Dickson	1969
Rod of Wrath A sword made of light.	Gather, Darkness!	Leiber	1943
Rogue Planet A planet without a sun, it wanders through galactic space.	Satan's World	Anderson	1967
Rogue World A celestial nomad, a planetary body that is not tied to a particular sun.	Dying of the Light	Martin	1977
Rolem (Wrestling Robot) A robotic wrestling companion.	This Immortal	Zelazny	1965
Roller Two passenger vehicle designed for off-road use on alien planets.	Shadow World	Simak	1957
Rolling Road A set of fast-moving strips to move people over distances.	The Roads Must Roll	Heinlein	1940
Rolov A specialized robot for the bedroom.	Roll Out the Rolov!	Anvil	1953
Rom (Robot Operated Missiles) Intercontinental robotic weapons.	Breakfast at Twilight	Dick	1954
Rooftop Windmill Renewable energy source for the home.	A Journey In Other Worlds	Astor IV	1894
Rotated Solid Space Habitat A solid version of a artifact rotated to achieve artificial gravity.	Iron	Anderson	1989
Rotating Hollow Planetoid Habitat An asteroid (or planetoid) hollowed out, spun for artificial gravity, used as a habitat.	Electronic Siege	Campbell	1932
Rotating House A single family home built upon a central pivot; it can be turned at will.	The Godmakers	Herbert	1972
Roujin Z-0001 Robotic Bed A fully automated hospital bed and transport robot.	Roujin Z	Otomo	1991
Roving Bomb Special zero-gee guided bomb.	Lost Rocket	Wellman	1941
Ro-Womb Device enfolds the patient during therapy.	The Dream Master (He Who Shapes)	Zelazny	1966
Royalties For Machine Learning Subjects A payment to people who are used as subjects for imitation learning by robots.	Q.U.R.	Boucher	1943
Rubber Hoof Silent running for robot horses.	The Warlock in Spite of Himself	Stasheff	1969
Rubber Soled Feet Silent padding for clanky robots.	The Robot Terror	Huff	1930
RUMOKO A project to create additional land surface by deliberate stimulation of undersea volcanoes.	My Name is Legion	Zelazny	1976
Runcible A book made of smart paper; every page is a flexible LCD (liquid crystal display) screen.	The Diamond Age	Stephenson	1995
Rust Ray Pistol Makes the hardest steel or iron crumbly.	Gambler’s Asteroid	Wellman	1944

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re: VE Thiessen
(11/19/2024)

Project Hyperion - Generation Ship Designers Needed!
re: Judson W. Reeves
(11/17/2024)

AI Welfare Position At Anthropic Filled By Human
re: Isaac Asimov
(11/15/2024)

Marslink Proposed By SpaceX
re: George O. Smith
(11/13/2024)

Simple Way To Defeat AI Face Recognition
re: Neal Stephenson
(11/11/2024)

Wood-Panelled LignoSat Launched
re: Dan Simmons
(11/9/2024)

Laser-Beam Welding In Orbital Factories
re: Jerry Pournelle
(11/7/2024)

'Iceberg House' Of Travis Kelce Reflects Science Fiction Of Past Century
re: Clifford Simak
(11/5/2024)

Mechazilla Arms Catch A Falling Starship, But Check Out SF Landing-ARMS
re: Edmond Hamilton
(11/3/2024)

A System To Defeat AI Face Recognition
re: Neal Stephenson
(11/1/2024)

Robot Hand Separate From Robot
re: Philip K Dick
(10/29/2024)

Hybrid Wind Solar Devices
re: Simpson Stokes
(10/27/2024)

Is Optimus Autonomous Or Teleoperated?
re: AG Stangland
(10/25/2024)

Robot Masseuse Rubs People The Right Way
re: AE van Vogt
(10/23/2024)

Solar-Powered Space Trains On The Moon
re: Arthur C. Clarke
(10/21/2024)

Drone Deliveries Instead Of Waiters In Restaurants?
re: H. Beam Piper
(10/19/2024)

Skip Movewear Arc'teryx AI Pants
re: Edmond Hamilton
(10/17/2024)

Optimus Robot Can Charge Itself
re: William Morrison
(10/17/2024)

'Robovan' Name Already Taken - Elon, Try These
re: Weinbaums
(10/15/2024)

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