 How is Alan able to evade so many robots?
Without pausing to think, Alan leaped back, and fell sprawling over a bush just as one of the robots rolled silently up from the right, lowering its blaster barrel to aim directly at his head. The planet's double moon had risen and he could see a robot rolling slowly across the clearing in his general direction, blasting indiscriminately at whatever mind impulses came within its pickup range, birds, insects, anything. Apparently the robot hadn't sensed him yet, but Alan didn't know what the effective range of its pickup devices was. Powerful as a small tank, the killer robot was equipped to crush, slash, and burn its way through undergrowth.
 Luckily for Alan, the robots are shooting at all the living creatures, including bugs.
 Luckily for Alan, the robots are shooting at all the living creatures, including bugs.  Luckily for Alan, the robots are being attacked by pumas.  Luckily for Alan, the robots are having a difficult time navigating the jungle terrain.  Luckily for Alan, a sticky oozing blob-like creature was dissolving the robots one by one.