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Robots of Dawn This novel is a story of an earthling detective, Elijah Baley, sent to the planet Aurora, where a humaniform robot (human form) has been roboticized or placed in mental freeze. The act of roboticide is comparable to the murder of a human being on Aurora. According to the Aurorains, only one man could have committed the roboticide, their creator, Dr. Han Fastloe. Dr. Fastloe is accused of deactivating Jander, another humaniform robot, so competitors wouldn't get the secrets for creating that type of robot and to prove its shortcomings. His alleged motive for this was to prevent the humaniform robots from being used as explorers to other planets. Dr. Fastloe has asked Baley to prove his innocence. After the initial investigation, Baley realizes that more is at stake than a deactivated robot. A leader of an opposing political faction, Kelden Amadiro, is attempting to use the robot issue to get political advantage over Dr. Fastloe. And Amadiro's faction is hostile to Earth, so there's a lot at stake. Amadiro and other Spacers think that robots should be used to precede humans in the explorations and population of other planets in space. Dr. Fastloe does not believe that robots should be used in this manner