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The three laws of Robotics:

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 givein to 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.

Here are stories of robots gone mad, of mind-read robots, and robots with a
sense of humor. Of robot politicians, and robots who secretly run the
world--all told with the dramatic blend of science fact and science fiction
that has become Asimov's trademark.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Robot