<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The Three Laws of Robotics (often shortened to The Three Laws or known as Asimov's Laws) are a set of rules devised by the science fiction author Isaac Asimov . The rules were introduced in his 1942 short story "Runaround", although they had been foreshadowed in a few earlier stories . The Three Laws, quoted as being from the "Handbook of Robotics, 56th Edition, 2058 A.D.", are: </P> <Ol> <Li> A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm . </Li> <Li> A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law . </Li> <Li> A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws . </Li> </Ol>

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