Originally posted by Flipside
Funny thing is, Asimov didn't write 'I Robot', it was originally a short story about a Robot called Adam Link, by Eando Binder. This is confirmed, btw, in the introduction of 'The Complete Robot' by Mr Asimov himself 
He used the title again though his own book is by no means a copy of the storyline as far as I know 
Wait. I thought 'I, Robot' was a book of Short Stories by Asimov? With Robbie, Dr. Calvin, etc etc?
Or is there another I,Robot?
Edit: Oh, and to respond to the thread/Lib...
I think it is possible for robots to turn on humans, even without being 'sentient'. Say you define an integrated robot. You give it moods - some things make it angry, some things make it happy. The various moods exist only as variables, but they affect other variables. Perhaps if the robot is angry it will do work slower, or not at all. And it will work to get rid of objects which it annoy it more often (ie get in the way).
Of course, you'd have to give it some sort of list of things it could do to get rid of things, probably a good physics engine so it could move around and move objects efficiently. If you add 'break object' to its get rid of list, and then get the robot angry enough, perhaps it will break you? It wouldn't be for any more advanced reason than a preprogrammed reaction.
Not only that, but the mood states would give a fairly good simulation of intelligence with a good enough parsing system and the ability to simulate emotions and hold grudges.
