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MOTHER did the best it could, but you can't expect a redirected killing machine to be perfect at raising children, especially since there was only a rough prototype for the program. They loaded her with the prototype, they tossed in all the (often contradictory) child-rearing texts they could find, and they hoped for the best. It was the best ( Read more... )

Robots thrive on routine, or so they say, and so will you when you have a new rob in the house. Especially in the first week, they have a very strict schedule of when you should do what, exactly, and how you should key your repeats. They recommend taking time off your work or any social commitments. Kind of like when you have a baby, except for ( Read more... )

Say you get an android housekeeper, top of the line, but it keeps burning the toast and putting the dishes in the laundry machine? What do you do? I mean *after* you thank the deity of your choice that you decided not to go with the nanny droid. Well, even if you got it used, you're protected by the lemon law. So you go back to the dealer and say ( Read more... )

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"The Robots Marching Off to War" is a great title for something. Not sure what yet. Inspiration: A NYT.com article about the new battle robots.

It had to do something, something arguably integral to the robot's function. It couldn't just be a piece of metal tacked on the outside. He thought. At first he thought of rerouteing the motor functions through a core in the center of the robot instead of through the main processing unit, but then he remembered that the Smith&Wesson R&D division ( Read more... )

The n-dent was a fashionable 'bot bar, so that's where she wound up after her shift. Time to get her oil changed out for something a little more interesting, maybe run a few grams that would mess with her perceptions just a little. It was reputable, so she knew she wouldn't walk out with spies or zombies infesting her. The 'bots were more accepting ( Read more... )

They were obsolete. They sat on the shop's back cabinet and sighed to each other. "Nobody likes blondes anymore," complained the curvaceous doll ( Read more... )