His memory of this is erased by R. Giskard Reventlov; however R. Giskard Reventlov allows Levular Mandamus to destroy the Earth because his motives were more beneficial for humanity and were therefore allowable by the Zeroth Law of Robotics (which was developed by R. Daneel Olivaw): since a slow increase in the rate of radiation would drive Earthpeople to the outer worlds, but a quick increase like Amadiro wanted, would kill the Earth with its population still on it.
Elijah ("Lije") Baley is a plainclothesman, a homicide detective on the New York City police force.
The Spacers assign him a robot partner, R. Daneel Olivaw, with whom he becomes lifelong friends, appearing together in two more books (and a short story).
Typically, Asimov portrays Dr. Calvin as a highly driven woman, focused on her work and divorced from normal emotions, almost more "robotic" than her mechanical patients.
They become lovers, and Gladia still has vivid memories of him 160 years after his death (as a Spacer, she has a lifespan of several centuries).
[2] In Foundation and Earth, one character tells a story to another concerning a Spacer woman who fell in love with a Settler captain, a reference to Gladia.
Her determination to not be on the planet during her father's death got her traveling to other Spacer worlds, including Solaria, where she came across specific mind patterns and associated them with telepathy, thereby discovering R. Giskard's powers.
But with the help of R. Daneel Olivaw and their explanation of the Three Laws of Robotics, Giskard modifies her mind and she remembers nothing.
He is a major character in the Robot series, as well as having important roles in the prequels and sequels to the original Foundation Trilogy.
Gregory Powell and Mike Donovan are fictional characters from Isaac Asimov's Robot short stories.
The two are easily distinguishable as Powell sported a mustache and was the calmer of the two while Donovan had red hair and was excitable.
They are mainly comical characters, but they also explore the logical contradictions behind some of the applications of the Three Laws of Robotics.
Their adventures stand out in stark contrast to the indoor exploits of Susan Calvin, a dour robopsychologist working for the same company.
The characters Powell and Donovan appear in "Runaround", "Reason", "Catch that Rabbit" and "Escape!".
In "The Prophet", an episode of British television series Out of the Unknown, based on the short story "Reason", Powell was played by David Healy, and Donovan by Brian Davies.