The Zeroth Law of Robotics was first formally laid out in Isaac Asimov's Robots and Empire (ISBN 0586062009) as an extension of his Three Laws of Robotics. It is found again in Foundation and Earth (ISBN 0553587579), in which Asimov starts the process of bringing his Robot and Foundation universes into full congruity. It is also stated, although not under the title of the Zeroth Law, in The Evitable Conflict, where it is considered a natural outgrowth of the First Law for positronic devices which have the means of large-scale extrapolation. Dr. Isaac Asimov enthroned with symbols of his lifes work (Rowena Morrill) Isaac Asimov (c. ... Robots and Empire is a 1985 science fiction novel written by Isaac Asimov. ... This cover of I, Robot illustrates the story Runaround, the first to list all Three Laws of Robotics. ... Foundation and Earth Foundation and Earth (1986) is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov, the fifth novel of the Foundation Series and chronogically the last in the series. ... Isaac Asimovs Robot Series is a series of books by Isaac Asimov, both collections of short stories and novels. ... Hari Seldons holographic image, pictured on a paperback edition of Foundation, appears at various times in the First Foundations history, to guide it through the social and economic crises that befall it. ... The Evitable Conflict (1950) is a science-fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. ...
The Zeroth Law states:
A robot may not injure humanity, or, through inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.
The Three Laws are then modified to explicitly forbid violation of the Zeroth Law. It is given an ordinal number of zero in keeping with lower numbered laws overruling higher numbered laws. More information can be found at Three Laws of Robotics. This cover of I, Robot illustrates the story Runaround, the first to list all Three Laws of Robotics. ...
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Giskard Reventlov was the first robot to act according to the ZerothLaw, although it proved destructive to his positronic brain, as he was not certain as to whether his choice would turn out to be for the ultimate good of humanity or not.
The Laws of Robotics are portrayed as something akin to a human religion and referred to in the language of the Protestant Reformation, with the set of laws containing the ZerothLaw known as the "Giskardian Reformation" to the original "Calvinian Orthodoxy" of the Three Laws.
Where the laws are quoted verbatim (such as in the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century episode, "Shgorapchx!"), it is not uncommon for Asimov to be mentioned in the same dialogue.
The ZerothLaw of Robotics was first formally laid out in Isaac Asimov's Robots and Empire (ISBN 0586062009) as an extension of his Three Laws of Robotics.
It is also stated, although not under the title of the ZerothLaw, in The Evitable Conflict, where it is considered a natural outgrowth of the First Law for positronic devices which have the means of large-scale extrapolation.
The Three Laws are then modified to explicitly forbid violation of the ZerothLaw.
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