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==Plot summary==
The title character is an intelligent [[robot]], the first to be invented. The opening chapters describe the creation of Roderick and show his mind (at first consisting of a bodiless computer program) developing through several stages of awareness. Finally, Roderick is given a rudimentary body and, through a series of misadventures, finds himself alone in the world. Due to his sketchy understanding of human [[Norm (sociology)|customs]], and intrigues surrounding the project that created him, he unwittingly becomes the center of various criminal schemes and other unfortunate events.