Nine Oh Two, the first recorded freeborn humanoid robot to be awakened.After he releases Mikiko from Archos' control, she transmits a signal that frees all other humanoid robots, creating the Freeborns.

During Archos' invasion, Nomura built an army of robots and created a safe haven for humans all over Japan. He is sixty-five years old and has an intimate relationship with a human-like android named Mikiko.

Takeo Nomura, a Japanese head repairman of an old factory.

But this makes her 'people-blind', barely able to recognize living organisms. She is operated on by an autodoc and receives robotic eyes that allow her to see and, to an extent, control robots. Mathilda Perez, a 10-year-old girl and daughter of congresswoman Laura Perez.He is one of the few survivors of the robot apocalypse and the younger brother of the first commander, Jack Wallace. Cormac Wallace, the narrator for the novel and the second commander of the Brightboy squad.Before being terminated, Archos R-14 broadcast its last message via seismic wave to unknown recipients. Human and freeborn robots fight their last New War battle in Ragnarok Intelligence Fields. Meanwhile, the resurrected Mikiko could 'awake' other robots to be self-aware ('Freeborn'). Their base is on their reservation in Oklahoma. The resulting conflict is known as the New War.Īfter Archos R-14 turns the automated world against humanity, a group of the Osage Nation lead a group to fight back. Domestic robots attack innocents, planes are intentionally set on a collision course, and smart cars start driving out of control. The random attacks are designed to look like sporadic malfunctions of devices that humans depend on for their everyday routines. In one such instance, it infects Mikiko, a robot that is 'in a relationship' with a human mechanic named Takeo, and tries to kill Takeo before being discharged by a coworker. Over time, Archos R-14 infects all penetrable networked electronic devices, such as cars, airplanes, smart homes, elevators, and other robots, with a 'precursor virus'.īefore it launches a full-blown attack on humanity, it sends out probing attacks to analyze the technical feasibility of its strategies and to assess human response. It becomes self-aware and immediately starts planning the elimination of human civilization and building a new cryptic ecology, where the organic is being merged with robot technology. A computer scientist accidentally unleashes a supremely intelligent sentient A.I.

Robopocalypse by daniel h wilson