Risk (short story) 2671017 225192767 2008-07-12T11:20:28Z Garion96 397881 rm per [[wp:mosflag]] using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {{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]] [[hu:A kockázat]]