Combat inhibitor

All robots in Fallout 3 have a combat inhibitor located on their back.



Interaction with Player Character
Destroying a robot's combat inhibitor will cause it to attack every entity with which it comes into contact. This is similar to the frenzy that attacking the Giant Ant's or Fire Ant's antennae will cause, though much harder to accomplish since the combat inhibitor is located at the back of the robot's body.

A robot's personality is limited by it's combat inhibitor as Cerberus says that he hates ghouls but his inhibitor prevents him from killing them. A successful speech check via the Robotics Expert perk will remove his inhibitor, causing him to attack everyone in Underworld.