From Kapek's biotech machines of R.U.R. to Kuttner's Proud Robot to the
fictional assortment of mechanical sex toys, rebels, grandmothers, servants, and
masters, these machines have represented our dreams as well as our anxieties. We
love these literary creations but fear them as well. Stories from the last
decade representing the many faces of robots — beautiful, hideous, and
everything in between.