Robotics Expert (Fallout 3)

Robotics Expert is a Fallout 3 Perk.

With the Robotics Expert perk, you do an additional 25% damage to any robot. But, even better, sneaking up on a hostile robot undetected and activating it will put that robot into a permanent shutdown state.

Additional dialogue
Additional dialogue options with certain robots. These often bypass speech checks or give humorous results.


 * You can program Dean Dewey not to attack you.
 * Disable Cerberus's combat inhibitor causing him to attack the ghouls in Underworld.
 * Force Button Gwinnett to shut down, allowing you to grab the Declaration of Independence without a fight.
 * Make Milo in the Nuka-Cola Plant think you are an employee.
 * Fix Sawbones' faulty medical circuits so he won't accidentally damage you while attempting to heal your wounds.
 * Bypass the RobCo Facility section of The Wasteland Survival Guide quest while getting full credit for the job.
 * Talk to Sentry Bot. Friendly Bots will give you their standard dialogue. Enemy bots will do the same and then attack you.
 * Reprogram the mainframe in the Mobile Base Crawler to have the security robots attack the Enclave instead of you.