It’s been a month since WALL-E hit multiplexes everywhere, but that doesn’t mean the robot love should die down. A few items from Asimov’s 30 Laws of Robotics:
…A robot, when given contradictory orders by two human beings, and assuming those orders do not violate the First Law, must decide which order to follow based on which human being has a deeper voice.
…A robot, specifically a big, wide robot, may not pretend to be a refrigerator and then make a scary noise when a human being opens it.
…A robot must attempt to be courteous and civil to human beings at all times, even if the robot is just one of those robot arms that puts things together in a factory, because they should at least make the effort.