Rudy Wells developed a short-range microwave beam device that disrupted Franklin's communication with his robots, preventing Franklin from increasing their power and allowing Steve Austin to cope with the Oscar robot in battle.įembots' facial covering, or 'facemasks,' were sometimes dislodged in battle with Steve or Jaime, or otherwise by extreme force, revealing their internal facial circuitry and structure. Franklin was shown to be able to increase the fembots' power from the fembot control base. When Jaime changed tactics and shoved the Callahan fembot, it was sent hurling through a bookshelf.

When the Callahan fembot grabbed Jaime Sommers' bionic arm, Jaime was unable to pull her arm away. Their inability to think for themselves was their primary disadvantage. Franklin, his fembots could do anything Jaime could do.

When the Oscar robot unwittingly stepped on it, the pencil was crushed into tiny fragments.įembots' strength was adjustable as the situation dictated if necessary, it can be increased to surpass Jaime's and Steve's bionics. Franklin's robots by tossing a pencil in the path of the robot. Franklin has to use steel and gears.' Steve Austin once discovered that Oscar Goldman had been replaced by one of Dr. Rudy Wells, this was because 'even the brilliant Dr.

The fembots could also be detected because of their extreme weight, over thrice what a similar sized human would weigh. Franklin realized this, he immediately reduced the fembots' transistor output, eliminating the hum. The fembots' default operational setting produced a high pitched transistor hum that Jaime Sommers could hear with her bionic ear, allowing her to often be the first to detect their presence. Fembots could either be controlled from Franklin's base or preprogrammed for missions in advance. For example, as the fembot Katy demonstrated, they could be designed to react to heat by perspiring just like a human. While not truly artificially intelligent, the fembots still had extremely sophisticated programming and social skills that allowed them to pass for human in most situations. Franklin used his fembots to infiltrate the OSI and obtain the Weather Control Device.ĭespite the fem- prefix, there were also male versions. The term Fembot describes a series of powerful and deadly life-like androids, designed and created by former OSI scientist, Dr.

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