Eyebot (Fallout 3)

Enclave eyebots are robots found in the Capital Wasteland in 2277.

Specifications
Eyebots are spherical robots, a little larger than the human head, with a loudspeaker on the front and several long antennas protruding from its top and back. They are used by the Enclave on the East Coast to broadcast Enclave propaganda, presidential speeches, and patriotic marching music to the people of the Capital Wasteland in the form of their own radio station.

Gameplay attributes
Eyebots are hardly strong opponents, and the fact that they are (initially) friendly and will attack enemies that engage the player or other wastelanders, means that they are more beneficial than anything else. However, once the player finishes the quest "The Waters of Life", or engages them in combat, they can pose a threat, especially in the former case where they will turn hostile if Enclave patrols are under attack.

The eyebot is armed with a zapper, roughly equal in strength to a laser pistol. It is frighteningly accurate with this weapon, and will rarely miss, even over considerable distances. While not a very damaging opponent, the eyebot's mobility, small size and high accuracy can make it a threat, especially if encountered in packs. Fortunately, they are the most fragile robot in the game and easily destroyed, even with fists. When killed, an eyebot will explode, causing minor damage to anything nearby.

Eyebot
The normal eyebot normally encountered in the wastes is hardly a threat except to very low level players, having a weapon similar to the AEP7 laser pistol, and the least health of all robots in the game. They can easily be identified at a distance, due to the fact that they emit a small buzzing sound from flying, and they noisily broadcast Enclave radio, constantly spewing patriotic songs, and the inspirational speeches of John Henry Eden.

Brotherhood Outcast eyebot


It seems that at one point in development, the eyebot was considered a generic robot like the protectron, et al, as opposed to an Enclave-specific model. There are textures for an Outcast variant of the eyebot, (but not model or unused GECK creature) and textureless eyebot models for the United States Armed Forces, Brotherhood of Steel, and Enclave versions (the model used in-game is the generic version, not Enclave). None of these robots can be summoned in-game without modding.

Appearances
These Eyebots appear only in Fallout 3.

Behind the scenes

 * In the book The Art of Fallout 3, an artist mentions that the eyebot was designed after the Sputnik-era satellites, probably the Sputnik 1.