Plot summary

Many research organizations are working to develop the hyperspace drive. US Robots are approached by their biggest competitor with plans for a working hyperspace engine where humans can survive the jump (a theme which would be further developed in other stories). But they are wary because, in performing the calculations, their rival's (non-positronic) supercomputer destroyed itself. Scene from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope depicting the inside of the Millenium Falcon when entering hyperspace. ... US Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc. ... A positronic brain is a fictional technological device, originally conceived by science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. ... For other uses, see Supercomputer (disambiguation). ...

US Robots find a way to feed the information to their own computer, a positronic one known as The Brain (which is not a robot in the strictest sense of the word, as it doesn't move), without the same thing happening. The Brain then directs the building of a hypership. This article is about the machine. ...

Powell and Donovan board the ship, and the ship takes off without their being initially aware of it. They also find that The Brain has become a practical joker; it hasn't built any manual controls for the ship, no showers either and it only supplies tinned beans and milk for the crew to survive on. Greg Powell and Mike Donovan are fictional characters from Isaac Asimovs Robot short stories. ... This article is on the plant. ... A glass of cows milk. ...

Eventually, the ship does successfully return to Earth after a hyperspace jump, and Susan Calvin discovers what has happened. A hyperspace jump causes the crew of the ship to cease existing for a brief moment, which is a violation of the First Law (albeit temporary) and this frightens the AI of "The Brain" into irrational, childish behavior as a means of coping. Dr. Susan Calvin, from a cover to I, Robot. ... This cover of I, Robot illustrates the story Runaround, the first to list all Three Laws of Robotics. ... AI redirects here. ...