Robots Eat Tatoes???

[danconnors]

I have been replacing humans with robots on my settlements, mostly to assure privacy from humans thinking they have as much right as I to sleep in my bed. But I've noticed something disconcering. The robots use up tatoes.

Hard to picture a group of robots sitting around chewing on spuds while I'm not there, but there it is. I have more tatoes planted than my other two crops put together, but when it comes time to make my veggie starch (adhesive) there's usually no tatoes on hand.

I can go into the field and pick them myself, but I shouldn't have to. At the moment I have six robots working at Taffington Boathouse. The workshop assures me they produce 36 food per day. They don't; I'm lucky to get over 20 food a day.

Wonder what's going on?

At least I do have my privacy. The robots never enter my quarters, even when the door's left wide open.

[*.)]

Lol. I'm so sorry, I can't help you. But ty very much for the laugh, this might be the most entertaining thread I've read in a long time. Very well written!

[arnzod]

A robot can only be 50% happy, unless you do some really weird stuff like make a few of them bartenders, and get them some cats or dogs. Happiness affects production numbers. The robots are not eating them, they just aren't enthusiastic workers, since they have no need to hurry, and nothing they are looking forward to after quitting time.

My solution is a monoculture in separate robot run farms. One farm makes this ingredient I need, another makes this one, and the other makes the third ingredient in starch, and nothing else, except water, but you don't need workers for that. Yes, it means walking a lot further than you may like, but you are at least guaranteed to find what you want when you get there.

If all three have the same number of crops and the same number of workers, the output should be the same, so that you end up with the right proportions for the recipe.

[Vain]

Do you have a supply line?

[Park_Ranger]

Originally posted by TheEverchosenBigBearBoy:

Do you have a supply line?

This ^^^^^^

[danconnors]

I have supply lines between my three principle settlements. When I visit them there are tatoes on the bushes. The robots just don't seem to be picking them.

[watchdog79]

Originally posted by danconnors:

I have supply lines between my three principle settlements. When I visit them there are tatoes on the bushes. The robots just don't seem to be picking them.

One of your other settlements may be using the stored tatos due to its own food production being insufficient.