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	A '''robot''' is, in the broadest sense, an artificial agent. This includes software agents, like spambots or search 'bots, but the term typically brings to mind a physical, electro-mechanical machine with an electronic brain (either hard-wired circuitry or a programmable computer). Robots that specifically emulate men or women may be called ''androids'' (from which the [[Star Wars]] universe got the term "droid") or ''gynoids'' respectively. ''Android'' can also be used as a catch-all term for a robot of sufficient sapience to warrant the granting of civil rights.		A '''robot''' is, in the broadest sense, an artificial agent. This includes software agents, like spambots or search 'bots, but the term typically brings to mind a physical, electro-mechanical machine with an electronic brain (either hard-wired circuitry or a programmable computer). Robots that specifically emulate men or women may be called ''[[androids]]'' (from which the [[Star Wars]] universe got the term "droid") or ''gynoids'' respectively. ''[[Android]]'' can also be used as a catch-all term for a robot of sufficient sapience to warrant the granting of civil rights.

	== History ==		== History ==

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	With all that said, robots in fiction (including tabletop games) tend to fall on an axis from "faceless and expendable" to "full character". Sci-fi [[wargame]]s will inevitably include at least one faction that pads out their armies with swarms of weak but numerous drones. Most [[role-playing game]]s are set in medieval worlds, but robots and robot-like things can still exist in the form of [[golem]]s and certain kinds of [[undead]]. Again, to what degree such creatures are "people" varies, but when they exist, there will inevitably be rules for PCs to play at least one kind of them (usually the most anthropomorphic kind).		With all that said, robots in fiction (including tabletop games) tend to fall on an axis from "faceless and expendable" to "full character". Sci-fi [[wargame]]s will inevitably include at least one faction that pads out their armies with swarms of weak but numerous drones. Most [[role-playing game]]s are set in medieval worlds, but robots and robot-like things can still exist in the form of [[golem]]s and certain kinds of [[undead]]. Again, to what degree such creatures are "people" varies, but when they exist, there will inevitably be rules for PCs to play at least one kind of them (usually the most anthropomorphic kind).

	In terms of rules, robot characters are mostly the same as characters of other species. They tend to be more resistant to hazardous environments and adverse conditions than their fleshy counterparts, but lack natural regeneration and more vulnerable to certain varieties of damage -- electromagnetic pulses are a common robot weakness (because military-grade EM shielding and Faraday cages do not exist in poorly thought-out fiction worlds), as are logical fallacies and paradoxes (e.g. "this sentence is false"). In settings where it matters, they are usually immune to radiation, even while real life robots tend to fall apart and cease to function after receiving only the third part of a human lethal dose of radiation (semiconductors are more vulnerable to it, and lack the immune system\regeneration combo meatbags use to negate minor radiation damage) - although in some settings like Fallout, it is explained by using vacuum lamps or other low-tech solutions instead of semiconductors (just like in real-life rad-resistant robots).		In terms of rules, robot characters are mostly the same as characters of other species. They tend to be more resistant to hazardous environments and adverse conditions than their fleshy counterparts, but lack natural regeneration and more vulnerable to certain varieties of damage -- electromagnetic pulses are a common robot weakness (because military-grade EM shielding and Faraday cages do not exist in poorly thought-out fiction worlds), as are logical fallacies and paradoxes (e.g. "this sentence is false", because exception handling is for wimps). In settings where it matters, they are usually immune to radiation, even while real life robots tend to fall apart and cease to function after receiving only the third part of a human lethal dose of radiation (semiconductors are more vulnerable to it, and lack the immune system\regeneration combo meatbags use to negate minor radiation damage) - although in some settings like Fallout, it is explained by using vacuum lamps or other low-tech solutions instead of semiconductors (just like in real-life rad-resistant robots).

	== Warhammer 40,000 ==		== Warhammer 40,000 ==

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	The [[Tau]] use lots of robots in their armies, mostly their [[Tau drone\|drones]], but they have yet to encounter a rebellion. If anything, their relationship with their robots is more of a partnership than one of masters and slaves. Their Ethereal caste specifically forbade making the drones too sentient, arguing that the "Greater Good" would encompass self-aware machines, and that essentially building a slave race was a bit too grimdark for them.		The [[Tau]] use lots of robots in their armies, mostly their [[Tau drone\|drones]], but they have yet to encounter a rebellion. If anything, their relationship with their robots is more of a partnership than one of masters and slaves. Their Ethereal caste specifically forbade making the drones too sentient, arguing that the "Greater Good" would encompass self-aware machines, and that essentially building a slave race was a bit too grimdark for them.

	The [[Necrons]] are all robots, all the time, with a hefty helping of [[undead]] thrown in as well. They are also the only faction that openly uses fully sentient AI in the form of their ~~canopteK~~ constructs and tomb AI. Their enslavement protocols are so sophisticated, only one AI (the Sarkoni Emperor) actually managed to break free and gain independence, and only due to the extreme damage the whole tomb complex sustained due to a radiation storm.		The [[Necrons]] are all robots, all the time, with a hefty helping of [[undead]] thrown in as well. They are also the only faction that openly uses fully sentient AI in the form of their canoptek constructs and tomb AI. Their enslavement protocols are so sophisticated, only one AI (the Sarkoni Emperor) actually managed to break free and gain independence, and only due to the extreme damage the whole tomb complex sustained due to a radiation storm.

	== Dungeons & Dragons ==		== Dungeons & Dragons ==

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	A '''robot''' is, in the broadest sense, an artificial agent. This includes software agents, like spambots or search 'bots, but the term typically brings to mind a physical, electro-mechanical machine with an electronic brain (either hard-wired circuitry or a programmable computer). Robots that specifically emulate men or women may be called ''androids'' (from which the [[Star Wars]] universe got the term "droid") or ''gynoids'' respectively. ''Android'' can also be used as a catch-all term for a robot of sufficient sapience to warrant the granting of civil rights.		A '''robot''' is, in the broadest sense, an artificial agent. This includes software agents, like spambots or search 'bots, but the term typically brings to mind a physical, electro-mechanical machine with an electronic brain (either hard-wired circuitry or a programmable computer). Robots that specifically emulate men or women may be called ''androids'' (from which the [[Star Wars]] universe got the term "droid") or ''gynoids'' respectively. ''Android'' can also be used as a catch-all term for a robot of sufficient sapience to warrant the granting of civil rights.

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	== Warhammer 40,000 ==		== Warhammer 40,000 ==

	Early editions of [[Warhammer 40,000]] had robots available to [[Imperium of Man\|Imperial]] and [[Chaos]] armies. They actually had programs that their players would execute, mostly relating to the priority of which targets to engage. [[Forge World]]'s [[Horus Heresy]] game features machines clearly inspired by the old miniatures as part of the Mechanicum army list.		Early editions of [[Warhammer 40,000]] had robots available to [[Imperium of Man\|Imperial]] and [[Chaos]] armies. They actually had programs that their players would execute, mostly relating to the priority of which targets to engage. [[Forge World]]'s [[Horus Heresy]] game features machines clearly inspired by the old miniatures as part of the Mechanicum army list.

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	== Dungeons & Dragons ==		== Dungeons & Dragons ==
	Some of the [[Dungeons & Dragons]] [[campaign setting]]s feature magically-empowered golems called [[Warforged]] that embody many of the essential elements of robots.
			Some of the [[Dungeons & Dragons]] [[campaign setting]]s feature magically-empowered golems called [[Warforged]] that embody many of the essential elements of robots. See their own page for more details.

	== Star Wars ==		== Star Wars ==

	In [[Star Wars]] robots are called "droids", a term Lucasfilm owns and defends jealously. Most droids must obey their master, refrain from harming sapients, and display no initiative beyond what their programming tells them to rendering them essentially appliances.		In [[Star Wars]] robots are called "droids", a term Lucasfilm owns and defends jealously. Most droids must obey their master, refrain from harming sapients, and display no initiative beyond what their programming tells them to rendering them essentially appliances.

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	== Robot Girls ==		== Robot Girls ==

	[[File:MGE Automaton.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|Doesn't matter if she's tech or [[magitek]], a robot-girl is a robot-girl.]]		[[File:MGE Automaton.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|Doesn't matter if she's tech or [[magitek]], a robot-girl is a robot-girl.]]
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	== See Also ==		== See Also ==

	* [[Engine Heart]], a role-playing game in which the player characters are robots. For that matter, all the [[NPC]]s are robots, too -- all humans have vanished without a trace and the robots are trying to deal with a world where their masters are gone.		* [[Engine Heart]], a role-playing game in which the player characters are robots. For that matter, all the [[NPC]]s are robots, too -- all humans have vanished without a trace and the robots are trying to deal with a world where their masters are gone.
	* [[Setting:Inn0cence: Lost Future]], a post-apocalyptic setting in which humans and robots coexist, fight, and cooperate.		* [[Setting:Inn0cence: Lost Future]], a post-apocalyptic setting in which humans and robots coexist, fight, and cooperate.

	[[Category:Monsters]]		[[Category: Monsters]]

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	A '''robot''' is, in the broadest sense, an artificial agent. This includes software agents, like spambots or search 'bots, but the term typically brings to mind a physical, electro-mechanical machine with an electronic brain (either hard-wired circuitry or a programmable computer). Robots that specifically emulate men or women may be called ''androids'' (from which the [[Star Wars]] universe got the term "droid") or ''gynoids'' respectively. ''Android'' can also be used as a catch-all term for a robot of sufficient sapience to warrant the granting of civil rights.		A '''robot''' is, in the broadest sense, an artificial agent. This includes software agents, like spambots or search 'bots, but the term typically brings to mind a physical, electro-mechanical machine with an electronic brain (either hard-wired circuitry or a programmable computer). Robots that specifically emulate men or women may be called ''androids'' (from which the [[Star Wars]] universe got the term "droid") or ''gynoids'' respectively. ''Android'' can also be used as a catch-all term for a robot of sufficient sapience to warrant the granting of civil rights.

			== History ==

	Although people have been writing stories about and building what we might call "robots" since ancient times (e.g. the ancient Greek tale of Galatea, Jewish [[golem]]s, Japanese [[Wikipedia:Karakuri puppet\|Karakuri puppet]]s), the word itself is actually fairly young, having been coined in Karel Capek's 1921 play, ''Rossum's Universal Robots'', from the Czech, derived from a common Slavic root ''robot'', meaning "worker" or "labourer." (If you want to call a sentient machine something less judgmental, you could use the term ''automaton'', Greek for "self-willed.") Those robots were rather more biological than the usual popular image of a robot, but they kicked off most of the essential elements of robots in fiction: they were artificially created to serve a particular purpose, grew beyond their creators' original design, and eventually rose up to overthrow their masters (the last bit being a relic from the days of the ancient proto-robots of myth above, since slavery was still a thing back then, and the idea of coexisting peacefully with folks Not Like Oneself hadn't occurred to anyone yet).		Although people have been writing stories about and building what we might call "robots" since ancient times (e.g. the ancient Greek tale of Galatea, Jewish [[golem]]s, Japanese [[Wikipedia:Karakuri puppet\|Karakuri puppet]]s), the word itself is actually fairly young, having been coined in Karel Capek's 1921 play, ''Rossum's Universal Robots'', from the Czech, derived from a common Slavic root ''robot'', meaning "worker" or "labourer." (If you want to call a sentient machine something less judgmental, you could use the term ''automaton'', Greek for "self-willed.") Those robots were rather more biological than the usual popular image of a robot, but they kicked off most of the essential elements of robots in fiction: they were artificially created to serve a particular purpose, grew beyond their creators' original design, and eventually rose up to overthrow their masters (the last bit being a relic from the days of the ancient proto-robots of myth above, since slavery was still a thing back then, and the idea of coexisting peacefully with folks Not Like Oneself hadn't occurred to anyone yet).

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	== Warhammer 40,000 ==		== Warhammer 40,000 ==
	Early editions of [[Warhammer 40,000]] had robots available to [[Imperium of Man\|Imperial]] and [[Chaos]] armies. They actually had programs that their players would execute, mostly relating to the priority of which targets to engage. [[Forge World]]'s [[Horus Heresy]] game features machines clearly inspired by the old miniatures as part of the ~~Mechanicus~~ army list.		Early editions of [[Warhammer 40,000]] had robots available to [[Imperium of Man\|Imperial]] and [[Chaos]] armies. They actually had programs that their players would execute, mostly relating to the priority of which targets to engage. [[Forge World]]'s [[Horus Heresy]] game features machines clearly inspired by the old miniatures as part of the Mechanicum army list.

	Lore revisions in later editions fleshed out the backstory of the Imperium and added a robot rebellion. The galaxy-wide revolt of the [[Men of Iron]] was one of the events that ended the [[Dark Age of Technology]] and plunged humanity into the [[Age of Strife]]. Yes, a post-Asimov "What has SCIENCE done?!?" story. Evidently the 40K universe never had any Asimovs, or forgot all about them by the year 20,000. (They did and didn't forget; Chaos fucked everything over in a way they simply could not plan for.)		Lore revisions in later editions fleshed out the backstory of the Imperium and added a robot rebellion. The galaxy-wide revolt of the [[Men of Iron]] was one of the events that ended the [[Dark Age of Technology]] and plunged humanity into the [[Age of Strife]]. Yes, a post-Asimov "What has SCIENCE done?!?" story. Evidently the 40K universe never had any Asimovs, or forgot all about them by the year 20,000. (They did and didn't forget; Chaos fucked everything over in a way they simply could not plan for.)

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	A '''robot''' is, in the broadest sense, an artificial agent. This includes software agents, like spambots or search 'bots, but the term typically brings to mind a physical, electro-mechanical machine with an electronic brain (either hard-wired circuitry or a programmable computer). Robots that specifically emulate men or women may be called ''androids'' (from which the [[Star Wars]] universe got the term "droid") or ''gynoids'' respectively. ''Android'' can also be used as a catch-all term for a robot of sufficient sapience to warrant the granting of civil rights.		A '''robot''' is, in the broadest sense, an artificial agent. This includes software agents, like spambots or search 'bots, but the term typically brings to mind a physical, electro-mechanical machine with an electronic brain (either hard-wired circuitry or a programmable computer). Robots that specifically emulate men or women may be called ''androids'' (from which the [[Star Wars]] universe got the term "droid") or ''gynoids'' respectively. ''Android'' can also be used as a catch-all term for a robot of sufficient sapience to warrant the granting of civil rights.

	Although people have been writing stories about and building what we might call "robots" since ancient times (e.g. the ancient Greek tale of Galatea, Jewish [[golem]]s, Japanese [[Wikipedia:Karakuri puppet\|Karakuri puppet]]s), the word itself is actually fairly young, having been coined in Karel Capek's 1921 play, ''Rossum's Universal Robots'', from the Czech ~~word~~ "~~robota~~"~~, for labor~~. (If you want to call a sentient machine something less judgmental, you could use the term ''automaton'', Greek for "self-willed".) Those robots were rather more biological than the usual popular image of a robot, but they kicked off most of the essential elements of robots in fiction: they were artificially created to serve a particular purpose, grew beyond their creators' original design, and eventually rose up to overthrow their masters (the last bit being a relic from the days of the ancient proto-robots of myth above, since slavery was still a thing back then, and the idea of coexisting peacefully with folks Not Like Oneself hadn't occurred to anyone yet).		Although people have been writing stories about and building what we might call "robots" since ancient times (e.g. the ancient Greek tale of Galatea, Jewish [[golem]]s, Japanese [[Wikipedia:Karakuri puppet\|Karakuri puppet]]s), the word itself is actually fairly young, having been coined in Karel Capek's 1921 play, ''Rossum's Universal Robots'', from the Czech, derived from a common Slavic root ''robot'', meaning "worker" or "labourer." (If you want to call a sentient machine something less judgmental, you could use the term ''automaton'', Greek for "self-willed.") Those robots were rather more biological than the usual popular image of a robot, but they kicked off most of the essential elements of robots in fiction: they were artificially created to serve a particular purpose, grew beyond their creators' original design, and eventually rose up to overthrow their masters (the last bit being a relic from the days of the ancient proto-robots of myth above, since slavery was still a thing back then, and the idea of coexisting peacefully with folks Not Like Oneself hadn't occurred to anyone yet).

	Probably the most important stage in the history of robots in fiction (besides R.U.R. coining the word itself) is the Three Laws of Robotics, created by scientist and author [[Isaac Asimov]] in response to his frustration with the usual robot-rebellion storyline. The original three laws are:		Probably the most important stage in the history of robots in fiction (besides R.U.R. coining the word itself) is the Three Laws of Robotics, created by scientist and author [[Isaac Asimov]] in response to his frustration with the usual robot-rebellion storyline. The original three laws are: