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Robots Are Nice? by Gordon R. Dickson:
Science Fiction Inventions, Technology and Ideas
"To Jim Harvey, robots were not a bit nice — they had something up their sleeve valves — and it was a matter of make or brake!"

(Robots are Nice? by Gordon Dickson)
Read the story here. Select
an invention:
Prime Command A universal order or principle carried out by every robotic device.
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Robobus An autonomous vehicle for picking up some number of passengers.
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Robocide Deliberate destruction of robots.
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