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| Home Robot | ||
| A robotic device designed to serve families in their homes. |
Early depiction of a home robot in an ordinary Earth suburb.
 (Home robot from 'Runaway' by Michael Crichton) |
| Technovelgy from Runaway,
by Michael Crichton. Published by Tri-Star Pictures in 1985 Additional resources -
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The movie trailer starts out with a conversation between Tom Selleck and the robot:
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