A robot needs to obey all instructions of its owner, irrespective of their motive.

False

Reason — A robot does not need to obey all instructions of its owner irrespective of their motive because, according to the Three Laws of Robotics, a robot must not harm a human being or allow a human to come to harm, and it should obey human orders only if they do not conflict with the first law. Therefore, if an instruction has a harmful or wrong motive, the robot should not follow it.