Stories in which robots kill or attempt to kill humans:

• "Lost Memory" (1952) by Peter Philips
• "Second Variety" (1953) by Philip K. Dick
• "Short in the Chest" (1954) by Idris Seabright
• "First to Serve" (1954) by Algis Budrys
• "Mark XI" (1957) by Cordwainer Smith

Stories in which robots/androids are confused with or look like humans:

• "Marionettes Inc." from The Illustrated Man (1951) by Ray Bradbury
  • A husband secretly buys a robot look-alike to replace him while he takes a pleasure trip. He has an unpleasant shock when he realizes his wife prefers the robot.
• "Satisfaction Guaranteed" (1951) by Isaac Asimov
• "Imposter" (1953) by Philip K. Dick
• "Made in USA" (1953) by J. T. Macintosh
• "Fondly Fahrenheit" (1954) by Alfred Bester
• "The Darfstellar" (1955) by Walter M. Miller
• "Comfort Me, My Robot" (1955) by Robert Bloch
• "Synth" (1966) by Keith Roberts
• "G. B. S. --Mark V" by Ray Bradbury
  • A man on a space voyage becomes obsessed with a robot replica of George Bernard Shaw.
• "Downwind from Gettysburg" from I Sing the Body Electric! (1969) by Ray Bradbury
  • An enraged theatregoer shoots a robot replica of Abraham Lincoln.
• "I Sing the Body Electric!" from I Sing the Body Electric! (1969) by Ray Bradbury
  • Three children receive a robotic grandmother that can perfrom miraculous feats.
• "Punishment without Crime" from Long After Midnight (1976) by Ray Bradbury
  • A man buys a robot replica of his cheating wife so he can take out his anger on it. He is subsequently arrested, found guilty of murder, and sentenced to death.
• Replica (1987) by Richard Bowker

Robot Courtroom Dramas:

• "How-2" (1954) by Clifford Simak
• "Galley Slave" (1957) by Isaac Asimov
• "Robots Should Be Seen" (1958) by Lester del Ray
  

Man-Robot Boxing matches:

• "Title Fight" (1956) by William Campbell Gault
• "Steel" (1956) by Richard Matheson
• "The Champ" (1958) by Robert Presslie

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