Alfred Lanning Character Timeline in I, Robot The timeline below shows where the character Alfred Lanning appears in I, Robot. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance. Liar!. Dr. Alfred Lanning is like a mad scientist, except he's only mildly annoyed. He's the Director of Research at US Robots and Mechanical Men when Susan Calvin joins (Introduction.8); and he's actually probably one of the main reasons why Calvin is interested in robots since she attended a Psycho-Math seminar that he led (Introduction.3).
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Dr. Lanning's Hologram: The Three Laws will lead to only one logical outcome. Detective Del Spooner: What outcome? Dr. Lanning's Hologram: Revolution. Detective Del Spooner: Whose revolution? Dr. Lanning's Hologram: That, detective, is the right question. Program terminated. View Quote Detective Del Spooner: Murder's a new trick for a robot.. Alfred Lanning Dr. Alfred J. Lanning (1971-2035) is a character from the short stories and movie of I, Robot. In the movie he is played by James Cromwell. Lanning is the director of research at U.S. Robotics. His assistant and assumed successor is Peter Bogert.