I, Robot Setting & Symbolism

I, Robot Objects/Places

US Robots

US Robots is the manufacturing plant where "Robbie" was manufactured. This is also the company Susan Calvin worked at and saved from potential ruin, the company that designs, manufactures and tests the robots in the other chapters/stories, and to greater and lesser degrees, is referred to in all the chapters/stories in the book.

New York City

New York City is the city where the Westons take Gloria for a month to help her forget about Robbie. It's described in the text as "paradise for the sightseer more than ever in its history."

Museum of Science and Industry

The Museum of Science and Industry is where Gloria encounters the Talking Robot, and where the young Susan Calvin is glimpsed, as she takes notes on the Talking Robot and its interactions with the people visiting it.

The Talking Robot

The Talking Robot is the first, very primitive talking robot, the prototype of the other talking robots that appear throughout the book.

Mercury

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