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Short story about robots exploring another planet whose inhabitants thought the robots were inferior
A short story of a guy on a strange alien planetLooking for short story about human outpost on alien world with dangerous native animals/insectsLooking for a short story about humans exploring another planet and coming across the bust (or maybe just the head) of a human womanShort story from many years ago: the ancient, brilliant, cruel race was EarthlingsShort story about alien feline beast that kills spacemen, leaches vital substances from their bodies?Book where robots are in control of the Earth, send humans to another planet where they have to behave like robots themselvesScience fiction novel where inhabitants of the planet become floating spheresLooking for a short story or novel about humans colonizing a planet with bearlike nativesShort story about feline-like aliens who go wild about proteinShort Sci-fi story about a sentient planet/creature that exists to seed the universe with life
The story was about robots exploring another planet. The inhabitants thought the robots were human, and also thought that they were superior to the robots. That is until the robots stirred molten steel with their arms and killed a monster shark like fish. When the inhabitants saw the leaky spacecraft that the robots came in, they then thought humans were superior.
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The story was about robots exploring another planet. The inhabitants thought the robots were human, and also thought that they were superior to the robots. That is until the robots stirred molten steel with their arms and killed a monster shark like fish. When the inhabitants saw the leaky spacecraft that the robots came in, they then thought humans were superior.
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The story was about robots exploring another planet. The inhabitants thought the robots were human, and also thought that they were superior to the robots. That is until the robots stirred molten steel with their arms and killed a monster shark like fish. When the inhabitants saw the leaky spacecraft that the robots came in, they then thought humans were superior.
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The story was about robots exploring another planet. The inhabitants thought the robots were human, and also thought that they were superior to the robots. That is until the robots stirred molten steel with their arms and killed a monster shark like fish. When the inhabitants saw the leaky spacecraft that the robots came in, they then thought humans were superior.
story-identification short-stories robots
story-identification short-stories robots
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I suspect this is "Victory Unintentional" a classic short story by Isaac Asimov. (Scan available on archive.org)
3 robots are sent to explore Jupiter and meet the potentially hostile inhabitants. Although they make no threats or overtly hostile acts, they accidentally kill an experimental specimen by irradiating it, and in other ways prove themselves far more robust than the Jovians. (Entering from space in a ship with no atmospheric control was one factor.)
In the end the Jovians decide they don't want to get in a fight with these "Earthmen" and agree to a treaty.
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I suspect this is "Victory Unintentional" a classic short story by Isaac Asimov. (Scan available on archive.org)
3 robots are sent to explore Jupiter and meet the potentially hostile inhabitants. Although they make no threats or overtly hostile acts, they accidentally kill an experimental specimen by irradiating it, and in other ways prove themselves far more robust than the Jovians. (Entering from space in a ship with no atmospheric control was one factor.)
In the end the Jovians decide they don't want to get in a fight with these "Earthmen" and agree to a treaty.
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Beat me to it! Story available here: archive.org/details/…
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2 days ago
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I suspect this is "Victory Unintentional" a classic short story by Isaac Asimov. (Scan available on archive.org)
3 robots are sent to explore Jupiter and meet the potentially hostile inhabitants. Although they make no threats or overtly hostile acts, they accidentally kill an experimental specimen by irradiating it, and in other ways prove themselves far more robust than the Jovians. (Entering from space in a ship with no atmospheric control was one factor.)
In the end the Jovians decide they don't want to get in a fight with these "Earthmen" and agree to a treaty.
answered 2 days ago
DavidWDavidW
3,18911046
3
Beat me to it! Story available here: archive.org/details/…
– user14111
2 days ago
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I suspect this is "Victory Unintentional" a classic short story by Isaac Asimov. (Scan available on archive.org)
3 robots are sent to explore Jupiter and meet the potentially hostile inhabitants. Although they make no threats or overtly hostile acts, they accidentally kill an experimental specimen by irradiating it, and in other ways prove themselves far more robust than the Jovians. (Entering from space in a ship with no atmospheric control was one factor.)
In the end the Jovians decide they don't want to get in a fight with these "Earthmen" and agree to a treaty.
answered 2 days ago
DavidWDavidW
3,18911046
I suspect this is "Victory Unintentional" a classic short story by Isaac Asimov. (Scan available on archive.org)
3 robots are sent to explore Jupiter and meet the potentially hostile inhabitants. Although they make no threats or overtly hostile acts, they accidentally kill an experimental specimen by irradiating it, and in other ways prove themselves far more robust than the Jovians. (Entering from space in a ship with no atmospheric control was one factor.)
In the end the Jovians decide they don't want to get in a fight with these "Earthmen" and agree to a treaty.
answered 2 days ago
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Beat me to it! Story available here: archive.org/details/…
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