Laws of robotics in the decades since then. The best known set of laws are Isaac Asimov's "Three Laws of Robotics". These were introduced in his 1942 short story "Runaround", although they were foreshadowed in a few earlier stories. The Three Laws are: Near the end of his book "Foundation and Earth", a zeroth law was introduced: Adaptations and extensions exist based upon this framework. As of 2011 they remain a "fictional device". In 2011, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) of Great Britain jointly published a set of five ethical "principles for
Empire Award for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Empire Award for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy The Empire Award for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy is an Empire Award presented annually by the British film magazine "Empire" to honor the best sci-fi, fantasy or superhero film of the previous year. The Empire Award for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy is one of four new Best Film ongoing awards which were first introduced at the 11th Empire Awards ceremony in 2006 (along with Best Comedy, Best Horror and Best Thriller) with "" receiving the award. "A Monster Calls" is the most recent winner in this category. Winners are voted by the readers of "Empire" magazine. In the list