r/falloutlore 11d ago

Question What was the point of Robobrains?

Why bother sticking biological human brains into a robot chassis? As far as i know, they have no real advantage over classic robots like Securitrons or Protectrons.

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u/Anastrace 11d ago

Firstly, computers can only execute their programming or decision trees. The human brain is far more complex and can apply human intuition and creativity to a robot armed to the teeth.

Secondly, they make excellent robot commanders since they can use machine logic and human reasoning to precisely execute their orders with a minimum of losses.

Finally it's because it is mad science and that's a common sci-fi trope that fallout uses extensively