Powell and Donovan

Powell and Donovan

Greg Powell and Mike Donovan are fictional characters from Isaac Asimov's Robot short stories. They are roboticists, field specialists for US Robots and Mechanical Men, and are forever getting into rough situations when trying to solve robot issues in the field.

They are mainly comical characters but they also explore the logical contradictions behind some of the applications of the Three Laws of Robotics. Their adventures stand out in stark contrast to the indoor exploits of Susan Calvin, a dour robopsychologist working for the same company.

In "The Prophet", an episode of British television series Out of the Unknown based on short story "Reason", Powell was played by David Healy, and Donovan by Brian Davies.