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First Law is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov, first published
in the October 1956 issue of Fantastic Universe magazine and later
collected in The Rest of the Robots (1964) and The Complete Robot (1982).
The title of the story is a reference to the first of the Three Laws of
Robotics.
The story is very short, only 3 pages in length, and takes the form of
Mike Donovan's recount of an incident that occurred on Titan, one of
Saturn's moons. He tells of a malfunctioning robot named Emma that escaped
from the base and was later encountered by Donovan while he was lost during
a storm. While Donovan's life was in danger, Emma chose to protect its
offspring, a small robot that it had built, instead of assisting him. This
was a direct violation of the First Law of Robotics, which states that "a
robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction allow a human being
to come to harm". Apparently, maternal instincts
