With Folded Hands

Williamson, Jack. "With Folded Hands." 1947. Coll. Into the Eighth Decade. Eugene, OR: Pulphouse, 1990. Rpt. (with 1954 copyright) The Science Fiction Hall of Fame. Vol. IIA. Ben Bova, ed. New York: Avon, 1973. Also rpt. expanded edn. of The Humanoids (q.v.). See Contento, Index, for other rpts.

Humanoid robots cripple humans by doing all their work for them and protecting them from all possible dangers. These "mechanicals" are mobile extensions of a central computer on the planet Wing IV. See JW's The Humanoid Touch, and The Humanoids.