robot-bashing settlers who could tell tales of a robot that threw a man across a warehouse and set the place on fire ; centor pallichan , the passerby who called the cops after caliban refused his order ; the now widespread reports of the attack on fredda leving ; the much-witnessed incident at limbo depot , where a bright red robot had smashed its way through a plate-glass window with deputies in hot pursuit , shooting as they went ; the undeniable fact that the settlers were involved in new law robots ; and to top it all off , the riot at leving 's lecture .