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"Why does a creative person create? It's a type of compulsion. I like to explore new ideas."
- Bart Kosko
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| Robodore | ||
| A robot specialized for use as a stevedore, emptying the contents of ships in port. |
Robert F-R was despondent, unable to get a job; he had wandered to the docks along the East River.
| He stood there - watching the robodores unloading cargo from a ship - and then walked over to a piling and leaned against it, and leaned against it as he watched the water lapping against the pier...
The heavy-duty robots marched back and forth, carrying cases of raw materials from across the seas. |
| Technovelgy from Robot Unwanted,
by Daniel Keyes. Published by Other Worlds in 1952 Additional resources -
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