Characters in The Robots of Dawn

Elijah Baley

Earth detective summoned to the Spacer world of Aurora to investigate the mental destruction of a humaniform robot, while wrestling with his own deep-seated agoraphobia.

Also in The Caves of Steel, The Naked Sun, Robots and Empire

R. Daneel Olivaw

Baley's humaniform robot partner from Earth, created by Han Fastolfe and identical in appearance to the robot whose mind was destroyed.

Also in The Caves of Steel

Han Fastolfe

Auroran roboticist who created Daneel and the destroyed robot Jander, and is the only person believed capable of the crime, though he denies committing it.

Also in The Caves of Steel

R. Giskard Reventlov

An earlier-model robot serving as Fastolfe's household aide on Aurora, quieter and less humanlike than Daneel but present throughout the investigation.

Vasilia Aliena

Han Fastolfe's estranged daughter and a roboticist in her own right, whose past work with his robots draws her into the investigation on Aurora.