Mister Handy or Mr. Handy is a multipurpose robot developed by General Atomics International before the Great War, and refined in collaboration with RobCo Industries.[3]
Background
First released by General Atomics International as a construction and maintenance robot in 2037, Mister Handy was one of the first automatons introduced.[Pub 1] The Mister Handy line became truly successful when a collaboration with RobCo produced a domestic model, and it remained in production until the Great War.[Pub 2] A Mister Handy is equipped with a variety of tools.[4][5][6] The Museum of Technology and REPCONN Aerospace featured Mister Handy robots as part of their robotics exhibits.[7][8]
The robots were manufactured with visual sensors and a nuclear core.[9] If damaged or short circuited, the robots have the potential of gaining intelligence beyond the normal scope of their programming, and are bound by behavior limiters.[10][11] Logic circuits could fail, causing recognition processes inoperative.[12]
The robot's packaging contained warnings, such as discouraging users from using its hover jet as a barbecue fire.[Pub 3] The robots had olfactory sensors, eye stalks, and can detect radiation.[13][14] The robot at Sunshine Tidings Co-op was controlled by "Standard Mr. Handy Control Interface v1.20" software and Codsworth functioned autonomously for over 200 years.[15][16] The robots were capable of providing navigational guidance, purifying water, as well as detecting contaminants in the air.[17][18] Modifications to Mr. Handy robots were controlled by federal laws.[19]
List
- Mister Handy (Fallout)
- Mister Handy (Fallout 3)
- Mister Handy (Fallout: New Vegas)
- Mister Handy
- Mister Handy (Fallout 4)
- Mister Handy (Fallout 76)
Variants
Mr. Farmhand
- Mr. Farmhand: Standard Mister Handy models with a pale green or brown paint job. They are typically encountered at farms, on the roads from Vault 76 to Flatwoods, among other various areas in The Forest region. The Mister Farmhands are typically adorned with straw or other cloth hats.
Mr. Frothy
- Mr. Frothy: A custom, Nuka-Cola Corporation variant of Mister Handy created for use in Nuka-World's Galactic Zone. Its torso is shaped like a miniature Nuka-Cola machine, painted red with the Nuka-Cola logotype printed on the front.
Mister Gutsy
- Mister Gutsy: A dedicated combat variant, developed by General Atomics International.[20][21] It carries a plasma weapon to be used in defense.[22][23] The Mister Gutsy is also upgraded with dedicated military software, including the ability to refuse orders issued by commanders who are incompetent or under court-martial,[24][25] remote link-up capability for updating orders in real time, or behaving as a stereotypical Marine drill instructor.[26][27] Mister Gutsy robots were known to have issues stemming from vague definitions used in programming its neural network.[28] However, variants such as the field medic model are incapable of harming human beings through intentional action and cannot be programmed to do so.[29][Pub 4] The robots were labeled with a variety of model serial numbers, and used for patrol duties, engaging unknown entities with violence.[30][31]
Miss Nanny
- Miss Nanny: A new model launched by General Atomics International shortly before the Great War,[32] they were also a utility bot designed to care for children. The robot was created by General Atomics International as the female equivalent of the Mister Handy.[33][34]
Mister Orderly
- Mister Orderly: A distinct medical variant created for use in Big MT medical facilities. It is equipped with standard features of the Mister Handy line and modifications necessary for use in medical research carried out at the Y-17 Medical Facility.
Mister Torturer
- Mr. Torturers: An experimental model created by the Appalachian RobCo Research Center. This variant of the Mister Handy was designed to utilize custom appendages to overcome the victim's pain threshold tolerance and increase the efficiency of torture.[35] The development of the robot was a company secret and RobCo vehemently denied both its very existence when word of the Mister Torturer leaked to Appalachian employees and the use of torture by the state (called "improved interrogation").[35][36]
Named
Quotes
- "How may I serve you, master?"
- "Oohh. Yesss... Let's all beat up on the robot..."
- "And who gets to clean up all this blood? Me, that's who..."
- "By God, if I had hands I would strangle the life out of you!"
- "That's hardly Marquess of Queensberry rules, now is it?"
- "For Queen and country!"
Appearances
Mister Handy robots appear in Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4, Fallout 76, Fallout Shelter, and Fallout Shelter Online.
Gallery
Mister Handy in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas
REPCONN Mister Handy security robot in Fallout: New Vegas
REPCONN Mister Handy tour guide in Fallout: New Vegas
A Mister Handy in a Vault-Tec advertisement
Mister Handy, Codsworth, in the Fallout 4 trailer
Full scale Codsworth replica displayed by Bethesda at QuakeCon 2015
Mister Handy concept art of Fallout, drawing by Chris Taylor
From The Art of Fallout 4
References
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- ↑ Fallout: The Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook p. 236: "Despite their wide sphere of influence, by the late 2030s, GAI became a global standout for their robots. Mister Handy, one of the first modern and autonomous robots produced, hit the market in 2037. This construction and maintenance model saw widespread use in Mexico and the United States. It was rugged, flexible, and reliable, receiving strong reviews and playing a prominent role in rescue operations after the 2042 earthquake in Mexico City. By the late 2040s and early 2050s, GAI dominated the modern robotics market, both by expanding on the role of Mister Handy with military, medical, and household variants, and with entirely new designs for more specialized operations."
- ↑ Fallout: The Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook p. 54: "The General Atomics International robot “Mister Handy” exploded onto the robotic market as a reliable construction robot, known for its durability and ease of maintenance, but its real breakthrough came in a collaboration with RobCo to produce a domestic model.
You are one of these domestic automatons, produced some time between 2037 and 2077, seeking to provide every household in America with butler-like servitude. Equipped with state-of-the-art programming, you have initiative and can adapt your own coding to learn more from your environment. This capacity for self-determination is what has enabled your survival beyond the Great War; where other robots may have broken down, you have managed to shake loose from the shackles of your programming and find a life for yourself.." - ↑ Mister Handy box from The Art of Fallout 4
- ↑ Fallout 3 Official Game Guide Game of the Year Edition p. 95: "Sawbones
This is a modified Mister Gutsy with an almost encyclopedic knowledge of surgery, but it lacks the necessary medical subsystem knowledge to carry out operations without causing inadvertent harm to the patient. Recently, Sawbones has been exhibiting some worrying behavior, including having a penchant for poetry."
(Fallout 3 Official Game Guide/Wasteland Census)