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All this kept the robot busy, and we got so used to him we were hardly aware he was around.

Then I noticed the tiny glow of light in the robot's eye lenses.

This was as close as a robot could look to a cop in uniform, without being a joke.

None of us knew the littlest bit about what a robot can or cannot do.

But a robot can't take the place of a cop, it's a complex human job.

This is not the kind of thing, though, that you explain to a robot.

What with putting on a robot as a full-fledged police officer.

I know a robot can't be happy or sad—but Ned seems to be happy.

Then he dubbed the robot Charles, after a father he had never known.

"I hope he finds his Martha," the robot croaked, and then the tape broke.