Robots are forms of mechanical or synthetic life found in Kenshi. They are often relics of the Old Empire and the Second Empire. A majority of humanoid robots are Skeleton subraces, but not all.
There are specific weapons which have damage modifiers which cause that weapon to do extra damage towards robots. Robotic Humanoids (Robotic Animals are unaffected by this) and Robotic limbs on any race take wear damage equal to 4% of damage taken. As an example, if a Skeleton is struck for 100 damage, once they heal up, their new max health is 196. Wear damage taken needs to be healed using a Skeleton Repair bed in order to reach max 200 health again.
Animals
There are no playable robotic animal characters in Kenshi.
Humanoids
There are Playable Characters which can spawn as a member of these races.
- Skeleton (Race) - Random drifter recruits, Holy Nation Robots, Burn and Sadneil.
- P4 Unit - Random drifter recruits.
- Soldierbot - Agnu.
These races require modding to be used as a player character.