I sit across from Dr. Susan Calvin in her sterile, dust-free office at U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc. She is seventy-five, a living monument to the history of robotics. As a reporter for the Interplanetary Press, I am here to capture her memoirs before she retires. Her face is a mask of porcelain and steel logic. She eyes my recording device warily, her fingers tapping a rhythm on the desk.