Editing Little Lost Robot (section)

{{short description|Short science fiction story by American writer Isaac Asimov}}
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{{Infobox short story
|name         = Little Lost Robot
|author       = [[Isaac Asimov]]
|country      = United States 
|language     = English
|series       = [[Robot series (Asimov)|''Robot'' series]]
|genre        = [[Science fiction]] 
|publication_type = [[Periodical]]
|published_in = ''[[Astounding Science Fiction]]''
|publisher    = [[Street & Smith]]
|media_type   = Print ([[magazine]], [[Hardcover|hardback]] and [[paperback]])
|pub_date     = March 1947 
|preceded_by  = [[Galley Slave]]
|followed_by  = [[Risk (short story)|Risk]]
}}
"'''Little Lost Robot'''" is a [[science fiction]] [[short story]] by American writer [[Isaac Asimov]]. It was first published in the March 1947 issue of ''[[Astounding Science Fiction]]'' and reprinted in the collections ''[[I, Robot]]'' (1950), ''[[The Complete Robot]]'' (1982), ''[[Robot Dreams (short story collection)|Robot Dreams]]'' (1986), and ''[[Robot Visions]]'' (1990).

"Little Lost Robot" was adapted by {{Ill|Leo Lehman|de}} for the 1962 [[ABC Weekend TV]] [[anthology television series]] ''[[Out of This World (UK TV series)|Out of This World]]'', which also marks the first appearance of [[Susan Calvin]], played by [[Maxine Audley]], in TV and movies. It is the only episode of this series that survives in the archives today. It is available on DVD in region 2 from the [[British Film Institute]].

Elements of "Little Lost Robot" appear in the film ''[[I, Robot (film)|I Robot]]'' (2004), an otherwise original story using Asimov's brand. The story was broadcast as episode three of a five-part ''[[15 Minute Drama]]'' radio adaptation of Asimov's stories on [[BBC Radio 4]] in February 2017.<ref name="BBC 8 February 2017">{{cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08csn40|title= Little Lost Robot: Isaac Asimov's I, Robot Episode 3 of 5|author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |website= [[BBC Online]] |publisher= BBC | accessdate= 9 February 2017 }}</ref>