Robotics

Overview
Robots do over half the work in Ubi City. They are clerks, receptionists, drivers, assemblers, managers, waiters, security guards, and a host of other things. The intelligence level of most bots is fairly rudimentary, no greater than required to do their job. But if need be, any bot with an uplink and the proper access (or a bot technician with the same access) can connect to the fog and download a new set of instructions and data, effectively changing the bot into a different one.


 * Automated QA Systems (hovering surveillance drones that follow workers around)
 * Homebots & PDAbots (common), toybots, minibots/microbots/botnets, adbots, luggagebots
 * Computers do about half of all jobs in advanced zones: Clerks, receptionists, couriers, assemblers, managers, warehouse workers and waiters...
 * Security Bots more common for public service than human police officers
 * Delivery Bots, Maintenance Bots, Cleaning Bots
 * Sexbots range from mere responsive machines to highly interactive AI-driven pseudo-lovers
 * In certain parts of town you can have a sexbot custom-assembled to unusual parameters
 * Spider droids (mostly for mech in confined spaces)
 * BotCloud from which bots can download new languages, datasets & skill programs

Common Robots

 * Homebots & PDAbots (common), toybots
 * Adbots/Salesbots/Clerkbots
 * Luggagebots/Delivery Bots
 * Maintenance Bots, Cleaning Bots

Co-Bots
(robots that work side-by-side with a human employee, assisting them in their work tasks)

Minibots/Microbots/Botnets
There are now tens of thousands of androids working as HomeBots: essentially, household servants. They cook, they clean, they go to that boutique to pick up an order, they take your kids to and from appointments, etc. They're also proficient in a wide variety of basic medical procedures, and are often deployed for elder care. These bots cost something in the range of 10,000 to 60,000 Credits, relatively affordable for a corporate-class citizen. They're programmed to have a “room temperature” IQ (except for medical diagnoses): in other words, they’re smart enough to negotiate human society, but not something you could have a deep conversation with.

Specialized Robots

 * Aerial Surveillance Drones & Microdrones
 * Robot Police
 * Robot Soldiers
 * Robot Surgeons