Asimov's Theory On What Constraints Would Be Placed On Robots - And How Those Constraints Would Conflict With One Another And Create Problems. These Laws Are Laid Out In I - Robot - And Are Assumed In Bicentennial Man. Now They Have Been Adopted By The Tech Industry. Demonstration Of Conflict Between Robots And Humans - And Also Of The Symbiotic Relationship Between Science Fiction And Science. They Are: 1) A Robot May Not Injure A Human Being Or - Through Inaction - Allow A Human Being To Come To Harm. 2. A Robot Must Obey Orders Given It By Human Beings Except Where Such Orders Would Conflict With The First Law. 3. A Robot Must Protect Its Own Existence As Long As Such Protection Does Not Conflict With The First Or Second Law.