Risk (short story)
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{{Infobox Short story |
|name = Risk
|author = [[Isaac Asimov]]
|country = [[United States]]
|language = [[English language|English]]
|series = [[Isaac Asimov's Robot Series|Robot Series]]
|genre = [[science fiction]] [[short story]]
|published_in = ''[[Astounding Science Fiction]]''
|publisher = [[Street & Smith]]
|media_type = Magazine
|pub_date = May 1955
|preceded_by = [[Little Lost Robot]]
|followed_by = [[Escape!]]
}}
'''''Risk''''' is a [[science fiction]] [[short story]] by [[Isaac Asimov]], first published in the May 1955 issue of ''[[Astounding Science Fiction]]'', and reprinted in the collections ''[[The Rest of the Robots]]'' (1964) and ''[[The Complete Robot]]'' (1982).
The story is a sequel to "[[Little Lost Robot]]". It is set in the same location, but involves a different positronic robot - one of the few in Asimov's stories to have neither a serial number nor nickname.
The researchers at Hyper Base are ready to test the first [[Hyperspace (science fiction)|hyperspace]] ship, which has a positronic robot at the controls as it is considered too risky to use a human pilot. The ship fails to function as planned, and [[Susan Calvin]] persuades Gerald Black, an etherics engineer, to board the ship in order to locate the fault.
As Calvin suspects, Black finds that the fault lies with the robot, which, as a result of imprecise orders, has damaged the controls of the ship. They realise that the precise and finite robot mind must be compensated for by human ingenuity.
{{AsimovStory
|before=[[Little Lost Robot]]
|included1=[[The Rest of the Robots]]
|included2=[[The Complete Robot]]
|series1=[[Isaac Asimov's Robot Series|Robot Series]]
|series2=[[Foundation Series]]
|next=[[Escape!]]
}}
{{The Rest of the Robots}}
{{The Complete Robot}}
[[Category:Robot series short stories by Isaac Asimov]]
[[Category:1955 short stories]]
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