positronic

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  • The cargo robot is one example of a non-positronic function robot. —  Isaac Asimov's Robot City 6 - Perihelion
  • Their intelligence is limited and non-positronic AUGMENTED WORKSUIT: This is a self-contained field-reparable hardsuit for humans working in hostile environments. —  ISAAC ASIMOV'S
  • The Data persona asserts itself over B-4's more primitive programming, and the android is able to assist the Soong Foundation team to upgrade the positronic brain and recreate the emotion chip invented by Dr. Noonien Soong. —  TrekWeb - Browse, Bicker, and Boldly Go (Star Trek)
  • The most significant development in robot lore was Isaac Asimov's famous Robot series, in which the robots featured are mechanical beings governed by a positronic brain commanding them to serve humans in the name of the Three Laws of Robotics. —  Queen's Journal: Latest stories
  • Even Data of Star Trek defies definition, describing himself as an android but nevertheless possessing a positronic brain-an obvious allusion to Asimov's robots. —  Queen's Journal: Latest stories
 

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