Characters in Robots and Empire

R. Daneel Olivaw

Humaniform robot and long-time partner of Elijah Baley, who works to protect Earth and humanity.

Also in Robot Visions, The Caves of Steel, The Robots of Dawn, Forward the Foundation

R. Giskard Reventlov

Robot with a secret telepathic ability, bequeathed with Daneel to Gladia.

Also in The Robots of Dawn

Gladia Delmarre

Long-lived Spacer woman from Solaria who now lives on Aurora and remembers Elijah Baley.

Also in The Naked Sun

Kelden Amadiro

Aurorans roboticist and rival of Han Fastolfe who schemes against Earth.

Levular Mandamus

Amadiro's ambitious apprentice, who has developed the weapon central to the plot.

Vasilia Aliena

Roboticist and Han Fastolfe's estranged daughter.

Also in The Robots of Dawn

Daneel Giskard Baley

Settler descendant of Elijah Baley who asks Gladia to help investigate Solaria.

Elijah Baley

The detective of the earlier Robot novels, long dead here but remembered by Gladia and the robots.

Also in The Caves of Steel, The Naked Sun, The Robots of Dawn, The Robot Novels