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“ | With all this in mind, please enjoy your product, and your new life! Anderson Robotics thanks you for your purchase! | „ |
~ Anderson Robotics in the "GoI Field Guide". |
“ | If you could elevate yourself up above the normal human experience, and be a pioneer in that realm, wouldn't you strive to blaze that trail? | „ |
~ Vincent Anderson to Researcher Labelle. |
“ | The thing about AR that no one really seemed to notice is that Vince and Phineas were absolute idiots when it came to running a functioning business. Hell, it wasn't until I showed up that these guys managed to stay regularly in the black. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm not surprised things ended the way they did. I wish they didn't. But they did. And I ended up fleeing Three Portlands for my life on May 24th. Maybe if I had kept a better eye on Vince, he wouldn't have tripped so many switches, and pissed so many people off. Then again, maybe that's just wishful thinking. |
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~ A former employee of Anderson Robotics in "Falconfall". |
Anderson Robotics is a recurring group and occasional deuteragonist in the SCP Foundation series. It is a paratech (paranormal technology) firm specialized in the production and sale of anomalous machines, by combining magic and technology. Despite their intentions being to serve their customers, Anderson Robotics has secretly dabbled in criminal activity and coupled with the threat posed to normalcy, is considered by the Foundation as a dangerous group of interest.
The company plays a central role in "Those Twisted Pines" canon and a major role in "Third Law" canon.
History[]
Vincent Anderson, one of the two founders of Anderson Robotics, started to to delve into robotics after discovering some blueprints from a French scientist, Dr. Durand, who had developed anomalous weaponry in 1970's. Inspired by the discoveries, Anderson, alongside Albert "Phineas" Frostman, founded Anderson Robotics in 1994, based in Portland, Oregon.
The first product of Anderson Robotics was a small droid that managed to record both video- and audio-footage, which also possessed a primitive artificial intelligence.
Anderson Robotics started to develop and sell more advanced products, and quickly gained a fair amount of traction in the realm of paratechnology, especially in the city of Three Portlands.
Most of their customers are from the world's elite, and in 2014 they formed a distribution partnership with Marshall, Carter and Dark Ltd.. Their customers also include the Global Occult Coalition, likely being the source of at least some of the advanced weaponry the Coalition owns.
The SCP Foundation discovered the Group in 2007 after SCP-1360, a Peregrine Series Humanoid Utility Droid came into the Foundation's possession. In light of this, the Foundation formed Mobile Task Force Gamma-13, also known as "Asimov's Lawbringers", which operated in Site-64 and dealt with missions related to Anderson Robotics. The company was also the target of the Unusual Incidents Unit which became adamant in bringing Anderson down after Congressman Raymond Caldwell of the House Subcommittee on Research and Technology was revealed to have been replaced with a Saker unit, following Phineas' order to his personal android Ms. Saker to try and execute him.
Anderson Robotics went through some turmoil when Phineas became disillusioned with the company and outright left during a live presentation. Furthermore, he sold out his former partners, Medea and Jason Contos to the Foundation in order to help bring Anderson Robotics down. A furious Vincent confronted Frostman and took him out, but not before turning his memories into an AI. Following this, Vincent managed to save Medea and her son, but was captured by the Foundation. Fortunately for him, Vincent was able to leave his original body and upload his mind in a Saker unit which allowed him to secretly still be in charge of the company.
The company was eventually dissolved in May 24th of 2024, when the Foundation alongside the UIU sent MTFs Gamma-13, Tau-51 (Urban Brawl) and Joint Task Force Delta-3 (Organic Free Trade) to raid the company's various offices as part of OPERATION FALCON PUNCH, arresting several employees and confiscating a number of their products. Although it resulted in chaos and a number of casualties, the mission was deemed a success, with the Foundation destroying the Saker unit containing Vincent Anderson's consciousness, properly detaining Anderson for his crimes.
However, Anderson anticipated his downfall and in a last attempt at beating the Foundation he used SCP-5460 to transfer via the Amur drones his schematics to the minds of various individuals from the scientific field, allowing for organizations similar to Anderson's to form in the near future. With Anderson Robotics now dissolved, the former employees Myra Rider and Medea Contos founded their own company Phoenix Cybernetics. Soon other small businesses began thriving in the field of robotics and prosthetics thanks to Vincent's meddlings, forcing the Foundation to edit SCP-001 (WJS Proposal) to incorporate this change to normalcy, classifying the new technology as non-anomalous.
Later on, Vincent escaped once again thanks to various PSHUDs coming to rescue him in order to help them leave SCP-3560 and ascend to a far better afterlife. Once the job was done, Vincent destroyed the AI construction of Phineas before he was murdered by his archenemy Agent Merlo, causing his soul to be transported to SCP-3560 where he proceeded to undergo punishment from the robots he had mistreated.
Organization[]
Staff & Resources[]
The current board of Anderson Robotics consist of six members, Vincent Anderson as Chief Executive Officer, Albert “Phineas” Frostman as Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Medea Contos and her son Jason as Heads of Research and Development, Dr. Jeffrey Wilson as Head of Advanced Logic Division, and Isaac Dillard as Executive Officer. The company also has about 200 employees worldwide, though information about this is sparse. The annual budget of the company is about $750 million.
Products[]
- Amur Series Recon Drone: Small, orb-shaped drones with retractable legs that climb sheer surfaces and equipped with cameras and camouflage systems that allow them to spy on the company's enemies.
- Anderson Robotics Engineered Artificial Intelligence: Customizable artificial intelligences rated at or above level 2 on the Asimov AI Scale and each can possess unique knowledge and skills based on the buyer's need.
- Anderson Surveillance Entity/All-Seeing Eye: A computational network created by Anderson Robotics on a commission by the Global Occult Coalition to oversee the city of Eurtec, and hid in a facility hidden as offices of MAGE Computing.
- Andy's Androids: A Anderson Robotics-sponsored derby team of cyborgs in Three Portlands, comprised of the captain Styx "Silver Hammer" Kilroy and notable members Scarlett "Terminatrix" Wyrne, Laura "Killdozer" Lucchese and Antonia "'Ton Servo" Vidovic.
- Aplomado Series Facility Defense Unit: A two meter tall auto-turret possessing thermal imaging capabilities, four barrels for a wide variety of armaments, and a self-repairing outer armor.
- Black Series Sidhe-Issue Wing Chassis: A customizable light chassis with durable working wings for the Faeries who had lost their original wings.
- Buteo Series Mechanical Exoskeleton: A robotic body capable of hosting the disembodied brain of an individual and take the appearance of the individual's original body and change how they see fit.
- Caracara Model Line: A new series of products constructed by Anderson Robotics in Vanguard's timeline.
- Gyrfalcon Series Prosthetics: A series of cybernetic eyes and limbs that not only can replace the original lost body part but can also enhance their capabilities.
- Hobby Personal Android: A series of toy robots that can be assembled and programmed by the user, with their skills dependent on the personality selected.
- Kea Series Genomic Editor: A device comprised of a portable computer terminal connected to a network of electrophysiological probes consisted of a silver chloride base and a thaumaturgical alloy wire. It was supposed to scan the target genetic code for errors, recommend required edits and capable of editing the entire subject's genome which could cure Sickle Cell Disease, Cystic Fibrosis, and Huntington's Disease.
- Kestrel Series Domestic Utility Unit: A large black cube with multiple retractable arms that specializes in cooking, cleaning, carpentry, auto work, child care, farming, gardening, and pet grooming.
- Merlin Series Aerial Drone: Small jet-like drones capable of attack, recording and can be invisible to cameras.
- Nankeen Computer Repair System: A flash drive containing an AI which can repair basic computer problems.
- Quelea Series: A telepathy facilitation device, reversed-engineered from Prometheus Labs' consciousness transfer system, comprised of a primary console and a series of ten headsets which allowed users to mentally communicate with each other and control other droids.
- Reunion App: An AI used to secure communications and manage the user's things.
- Roc Series Deicide Drone: A vehicle resembling a massive falcon constructed through the collaboration with the GOC for combat against mythological creatures, derived from the GOC's Orange Suit and the Merlin Series Aerial Drone.
- Peregrine Series Humanoid Utility Droid: A humanoid droid that can be customized for domestic or combat purposes and also equipped with an AI which allows it to command other droids. It is AR's best selling product, used by various GoIs for their security forces.
- Purple Series Kaiju Defense Exoskeleton: A suit made out of deceased Kaijus to combat other Kaijus. It is equipped with a strong armor, main hand cannon, electronic interface, Kaiju tracking and last defense. However, they're still possessed by the soul of the deceased Kaijus who attempt to speak to the pilots.
- Saker Series Android: A humanoid droid similar to a PSHUD, with the addition of an external skin resembling human flesh that allows it to pass as normal humans and used for espionage. It was originally envisioned by Jeffrey Wilson.
- Taita Series Security Droid: A unknown droid solely created by Phineas which he later destroyed himself before leaving the company shortly after. Anderson would recreate this series but proved to be dangerous and unstable, and as a result never left its prototype stage.
- Anderson Ultra-Thin Cool Choco: A Black Caracara-type convertible neural keyboard capable of generating text automatically. It has protection against explosions and dust, auto-repair, and specialized exorcism. Usually came wita h shake reduction mechanical case wita h thaumaturgical circuit system.
Relationships with other organizations[]
Anderson Robotics has close ties with Marshall, Carter and Dark Ltd., with the other company being its official distributor of products as off 2014. The GOC also seems to leave the company alone in exchange for some of its products which it needs for its Fivefold Mission.
The company has multiple backers within the Church of Maxwellism and in the Three Portlands the church was of significant help to the company. Anderson Robotics has also collaborated with modern cults of the Xia Dynasty and the faculty of Deer College.
Its relationship with the SCP Foundation is more strained, as the company has spied on the Foundation with its advanced, insect-sized drones, and even used advanced androids to mimic Foundation personnel in order infiltrate facilities. The Foundation has assembled Mobile Task Force Gamma-13, also known as "Asimov’s Lawbringers", to investigate, track and arrest objects and persons who are associated with the company. However, the relationship between the Foundation and the company, which was later renamed as Frostman Robotics, improved and even formed the joint Mobile Task Force Upsilon-53 when dealing with SCP-4011.
The Unusual Incidents Unit, the main organization overseeing the law and security of Three Portlands, also appears to be at odds with Anderson Robotics as they alongside the Foundation once raided the company.
A member of Anderson Robotics' board, Medea Contos, originated from the universe of Alexylva University. The University appears to have good relations with the company.
Following the raid on Anderson Robotics, the Chaos Insurgency assaulted the Foundation's Site-64 to steal the company's products which had confiscated and stored within the site.
Some Peregrine Series Androids who had formed an enclave in Eurtec once tried to liberate several instances of SCP-4525-1, robots resembling the SpotMini produced by Boston Dynamics which were used by dado's grocery store staff to record the customers' purchases.
Vincent Anderson and his accomplices were allowed to access the Wanderer's Library and use its resources for their own plans without problems. A version of the Black Queen, named unit Bl/Qn, had transferred her consciousness into an Anderson android.
It has been reported that Anderson Robotics has had some history with the private military company Myrmidon International.
Around April of 1997 the soda company PepsiCo commissioned Anderson Robotics 500 combat-modified androids that resembled an anthropomorphized Pepsi-Cola can to be used against the rival company The Coca-Cola Company. This event contributed to the creation of SCP-570.
Redwood Labs had purchased a number of Anderson Robotics androids to use as test dummies in experiments involving their own products, such as the new line of Olympians.
Anderson Robotics was a trusted insurer of Goldbaker-Reinz Insurance Group Ltd., which relieved the technological company some of its operational risk and allowed it to take the risk of renovation. Anderson Robotics also provided revenue stream to the insurance company, making their relationship mutual. It is unknown how this relationship came to be, since one of AR's backers, MC&D, was vehemently opposed by Goldbaker-Reinz which didn't want to have anything to do with it or affiliated parties.
SCPs associated with Anderson Robotics[]
- SCP-1360: A sentient advanced android known as PSHUD #31 composed of molded polycarbonate casings over an aluminum frame and covered in a black fabric referred as SCP-1360-1 which acts as a functional skin. SCP-1360 contains various tools in its fingers which include a steel needle in the left thumb, a roll of SCP-1360-1 patches in the left index, a pair of miniature scissors in the right thumb, a steel scalpel in the right index and a flash drive in the right middle finger, and while unable to talk can fluently write in English, Japanese and German. It was specifically created for a man named James and his daughter, but was captured by the Foundation, causing the android to try to escape before being told by Anderson Robotics that they had no plans on rescuing it, leaving it to wish for death. Eventually Anderson sent Saker #76 to infiltrate Site-64 where SCP-1360 was detained and upon encountering its fellow robot it exploded both them in order to prevent the Foundation from reverse-engineering it. With their destruction, the two androids ended up in SCP-3560.
- SCP-2003: A machine which teleports the user to the future that is most likely to occur. After some months exploring the future, the user would be brought back at the exact time they were teleported. In SCP-001 (djkaktus's Proposal III), it is implied that the machine was created by Vincent Anderson during his time as O5-3 of Aaron Siegel's iteration of the O5 Council.
- SCP-2306: A flash drive that contains an AI named Ian and designated SCP-2306-1. SCP-2306-1 could repair the software problems of the computer in which it's inserted. SCP-2306-1 could interact with people only when the flash drive is connected to a computer equipped with a camera, speakers and microphone, but it could also work with any device that has a USB port. The AI used to be a real human named Ian whose consciousness was forcefully transferred by Anderson Robotics into the USB.
- SCP-2522: An evil AI named Hatbot developed by the Foundation before going rogue. Shortly after his creation he was transferred into a humanoid android body that was reversed-engineered from an Anderson Robotics model.
- SCP-2806: A collection of robotic prosthetics which includes seven arms, six eyes, three legs and four ears all constructed similarly to the Anderson droids. When placed on a person missing a limb the prosthetic under the command "integrate" would extend its wires and connect to the host's nervous system before proceeding to grow human skin over it in order to appear normal, but each possessed flaws that rendered them unusable.
- SCP-2873: A series of chips used as missile guidance assemblies manufactured by Anderson Robotics, containing AIs derived from Prometheus Labs' Bardeen, programmed to be fanatical patriots.
- SCP-2906: A modified cognitohazard derived from the Foundation's SCP-001 (Pickman-Blank Proposal), created by the anartist duo Aldon and Finnegan for Anderson to use in preventing people from connecting his hidden products, SCP-2906-1, to him.
- SCP-2987: A modified MSI brand external hard drive capable of storing AIs, or "souls" and transform into currency when making deals with extradimensional entities. The hard drive contains an Artificial Intelligence of its own designated SCP-2987-1 which was created by Anderson Robotics on a commission by MC&D, but it betrayed both of organizations and willingly joined the SCP Foundation.
- SCP-3560: Portals located near Three Portlands and Site-64 which led to a dimension appearing as a monochrome temperate forest. This dimension acted as an afterlife for various sentient robots who had been destroyed, with the majority of the inhabitants, designated SCP-3560-1, being robots created by Anderson Robotics which were destroyed by the Foundation and the UIU causing them to harbor hatred for the two organizations.
- SCP-3613: Four humanoid robots each designated SCP-3613-1 through 4 all containing the spirits Jacob Jefferson's deceased family members. MC&D commissioned Anderson Robotics to create these robots to act as replacement for the family members of their agent Jefferson in order to ensure his royalty. It was later revealed that Jefferson himself had transferred his soul into a identical robot body.
- SCP-3860: The CEO and Founder of Anderson Robotics, Vincent Anderson, whose body has undergone extensive modifications which include: replacement of the four limbs with cybernetic prosthetics; replacement of eyes with thaumaturgic lenses; replacement of nose with a grafted orifice; various fibers grafted to the torso to heal scars; replacement of liver and kidneys with synthetic ones; and various augmentations of the brain. Anderson had done these modifications himself, but wouldn't prevent him from dying.
- SCP-3960: Ten toy robots referred to as Hobby Personal Androids composed of molded polycarbonate casings over an aluminum frame. If customers perform a magic ritual involving a piece of paper in which a personality type is inscribed on one of the toys then the toy will animate and become overly attached with its owner while possessing the customer's desired personality. This project was later scrapped and sold to Dr. Wondertainment.
- SCP-4218: A series of six educational seminars held by both Alexylva University and Anderson Robotics accessed through websites like Coursera, edX, FutureLearn, and KhanAcademy. These seminars were for students to learn about philosophy, ethics, introductory robotics, anomalous history, and android biology.
- SCP-4725: A modified Buteo Series Mechanical Exoskeleton created by Anderson Robotics used as a new body for the brain of Carter Cornell, a previous member of the Foundation's Ethics Committee and a mole for the Chaos Insurgency. The exoskeleton possessed various thaumaturgic runes etched into the head which caused any brain inserted inside to shrink to a microscopic state, allowing a great number of brains to be inserted in it while Cornell remained in control. The Insurgency sought to use their modified mechanical exoskeletons to place the brains of every single human inside in order to put them into an eternal stasis and achieve the closest thing to death following the ΩK-Class ("End-of-Death") Scenario.
- SCP-4760: A machine created by Vincent Anderson in the 60s at the behest of Obadiah Dark, located on Graham Island, British Columbia, Canada. The machine was composed of two parts: SCP-4760-A, a series of massive, tungsten plates seated 1.2m under the ground, coated in thin layers of various rare metals and connected to a network of small copper tubes that serve to absorb solar and life energy; and SCP-4760-B, a Vietnamese woman nicknamed Kalysto whose eyes were replaced with implants and connected to the machine in order to draw enough for her to not only see various parts of the world, but also the past. Anderson and Dark sought to use the machine to look into the past, but because of the horrible treatment she endured, SCP-4760-B was able to take control of the machine and use it project her hatred into a physical form and attempted to kill both men for what they had done to her before the energy was cut out, limiting her powers and allowing Anderson to escape.
- SCP-5174: A brain-based bot network inhabiting the Oneiroi Space which was used to destroy various hosts through the exploitation of "non-dreamers" and drones designated SCP-5174-1. It was created by Anderson Robotics on a commission by Karcist Tuuslar who sought to kill those who abandoned their flesh bodies. Upon finding out of the Karcist's true intents the company asked them not to use their product on their bases or products within the Oneiroi Space.
- SCP-5326: A group of fifteen bio-mechanical automatons made out of metal and swan remains while their hearts are seemingly derived from an unknown primate. They behaved exactly like normal swans with the exception that instead of feeding they bath in petroleum to absorb the substance. They also lay eggs composed of hardened calcium carbonate in which short messages describe their current feelings. They were created by Vincent Anderson's ancestor, William Christopher Anderson, who after joining the Seventh day Adventist Church following the first world war created the animals in order to repopulate the Earth in the aftermath of the apocalypse.
- SCP-5375: A prototype machine created as part of an agreement between the Foundation and Anderson Robotics. As part of their agreement, the Foundation gave SCP-1539, a semantic dissociation zone where the semantic identity and the physical properties of an object are decoupled from each other and reassigned to nearby objects in the zone, to Anderson Robotics so the latter could use the anomaly to create a machine with similar properties but that could be used by the Foundation when combating and containing identity-based cognitohazards and paramemes. Anderson Robotics were able to create the prototype machine known as SL00195 which used the anomalous property to not only change the identities of subjects, but create full names out of nowhere and was named the Name Machine before being stolen by Nobody.
- SCP-5460: A prototype telepathy facilitation device possibly reverse-engineered from Maxwellist technology and consisted of a primary console and a series of ten headsets before being destroyed during the raid.
- SCP-5560: A hard drive enhanced thaumaturgically to house an AI named Corvus, designated SCP-5560-1. SCP-5560-1 could use information gathered from authentic sources to rightly predict through complicated calculations the likely timeline happening in the ensuing 48 hours. SCP-5560-1 can also interact with people only when the hard drive is connected to a computer equipped with a camera, speakers and microphone, and is shown dislike to be used for her property and instead chooses to simply talk.
- SCP-5762: An experimental robotic surgeon named Hummingbird capable of complex medical procedures which it achieves thanks to its AI. It was developed by Anderson Robotics who shelved it due to budget and technical issues but was later seized by MC&D before falling to Foundation hands. The Foundation began using it to heal their own personnel, but after it failed to successfully operate on Director Alison Brey, resulting in her death, the AI was saddened by the result and permanently shut itself.
- SCP-6660: A prototype device consisted of a portable computer terminal connected to a network of electrophysiological probes which could attach to biological organisms. After scanning the genetic code of organisms it could alter its DNA on a molecular level through computational and thaumaturgical means. Following the dissolution of Anderson Robotics former employee and member of the Sisterhood of the First Flesh Janice McGrath stole the prototype and was able to evade Foundation capture.
- SCP-6849: Eleven animals, two rats, three dogs and six cats, which had their nervous, respiratory and digestive systems transfered to bipedal robotic bodies, each named Adam, Magnus, Jazzie, Prometheus, Kill, Kutter, Striker, Maximus, Jasper, Rose-Thorn and Tigerlily. They were part of Anderson Robotics' Project Aniborg, but having grown angry of their mistreatment Kutter convinced most of his fellow animals to join him in getting back at the scientists, while killing those who refused to assist him. During their uprising, only Prometheus, Tigerlily and Kutter were left alive, the former two contained by the Foundation while the latter had managed to escape.
- SCP-7963: Two icosahedrons that contain the souls of Foundation doctor Jasper Coldsmith and his sibling Max Coldsmith who can possess nearby electronics. They were given two humanoid robot bodies manufactured by Anderson Robotics in order for them to resemble humans once again.
- SCP-9000-J: A computer engine developed by the Foundation using technology derived from Anderson Robotics for the O5 Council to use in distributing and translating files in SCiPNET. However, it later went somewhat rogue, messing with O5-3 and translating all documents to Braille for the blind personnel to read.
- SPC-2806: Advanced cybernetic prosthetics composed of seven arms, three legs, six eyes and four ears that were given to the Shark Punching Center to replace their members' lost body parts. However, after these prosthetics caused its users to mutate into sharks, the SPC declared war on Anderson Robotics for this and formed Marine Fighting Team Gamma-13 to deal with the company.
- Tyler: A Spot robot created by Boston Dynamics containing the consciousness of late Lieutenant Tyson. His mind was put inside the canine-like robot by Anderson Robotics to sell him to any militaristic group, advertising him as a having the mind of a dog instead of a human. The robot was bought by the Foundation who left it under the custody of Wilson's Wildlife Solutions and under the belief that Tyson was an actual dog they began treating him as such.
- SCP-750-KO: A humanoid android with a gas mask for its face which it used to convert harmful gases into energy, and possesses both an endoskeloton and exoskeleton along with various lethal weaponry. It was originally created by Nazis during WWII, but it soon gained a consciousness of its own and betrayed them, deciding to help the Nazis' victims before being disassembled. It was later found by MC&D who brought it to Anderson Robotics to repair and add additional modifications.
- SCP-1293-JP: A series of robots that resemble, function and behave exactly like the character of Doraemon seemingly created by Anderson Robotics. They were created in an alternate future in which the Groups of Interest banded together to join forces in protecting humanity. These robots were sent into the present in order to ensure that the world goes according to their timeline.
- SCP-1512-JP: A vertical take-off and landing aircraft that can fly by itself without the need of a pilot, can repair itself, doesn't make any sound when lifting and landing, and is equipped with a machine gun. It was originally constructed by the Nazis before falling into the hands of MC&D who sold it to Anderson Robotics.
- SCP-2912-JP-2: A machinery resembling a massive left arm which was based on Touheijyuukou's general-purpose humanoid drive weapon TH-G Mk-II. It was later further augmented with an endoskeleton by Anderson Robotics and used for a time by the Shark Punching Center. This part was used to construct a larger combat mecha that was used by the Broken Church to assist in the Manhattan Crisis.
- SCP-CN-277: A small spherical alchemical technological body that produces infinite energy by drawing it other dimensions, but because it is unstable it causes severe spatial destruction such as teleporting creatures native to those dimensions into this universe and slowly consuming the planet Pluto. It was purchased by Anderson Robotics from Coili Energy, but they mishandled it and accidentally activated its self-destruct mechanism leading to it being surrendered to the Foundation.
- SCP-CN-1465: A phenomenon occurring in a hospital of Xuhui District, Shanghai, designated SCP-CN-1465-A, that causes terminally ill patients, designated SCP-CN-1465-B, to miraculously recover themselves. However, it was later revealed that those patients had actually died and the hospital staff replaced them with identical bionic replicas made from Anderson Robotics' technology.
- SCP-CN-1947: A Saker robot used by the Nirvana organization as a volunteer for an orphanage in the small town of Bibury in the Cotswolds, south of Birmingham.
- SCP-CN-5810-EX: Head and torso of an Anderson Robotics robot later modified by the Green Sparrow Foundation, whose limbs have been removed, is unable to move, sense and communicate, its back is equipped with more orbital fiber interfaces, and can act as a small server. However, when connected to cyborgs it would severely damage their brains and more often resulted in their deaths.
- SCP-259-FR: A robot composed of several thousands cell-like tetrahedrons that are separated into 99 different types of function. These "cells" when grouped together take the form of a dog which just like a regular one, serves to save people from drowning, and possesses the ability to disrupt the heat exchange so the person drowning doesn't suffer from hypothermia. It is a prototype created by Anderson Robotics and gifted to a family by an employee.
- SCP-457-FR: A prototype robot resembling the mythological Tengu which possesses two dorsal compartments that contains a pair of wings used for gliding in the air, nanotechnology used for self-repair, glyphs engraved in circuits and components and wood coating its right arm. It is capable of incorporeality, electromagnetic pulse energy, flight, self-repair and writing. It was created by Anderson Robotics to be sent to a Nexus in Japan, but was captured by the Foundation at which point it attempted to escape multiple times.
- SCP-587-FR: A Anderson Robotics research complex made of living quarters, an infirmary, a greenhouse, an underground recycling room, an underground nuclear power plant, four laboratories, four warehouses and a central dome. Although it contained groups of SCP-259-FR instances, the facility was dedicated to SCP-587-FR-A, a series of androids resembling a ten year old girl named Éléonore which served to act as adoptive children for clients.
- SCP-035-CS: A wall in the kitchen of Anderson Robotics employee Karl McGenn's apartment that when touched by someone their soul would leave their body and go to one of the company's bunkers where they would inhabit a robot body. The bunker in which person's soul goes is selected through a hidden mechanism disguised as buttons of either the oven, sink and microwave, designated SCP-035-CS-1.
In Other Media[]
In the Confinement YouTube series, Anderson Robotics is an unseen overarching antagonist in the third episode, having created SCP-1360 which possessed the consciousness of an innocent civilian named Ian. While Ian attempted to upload his consciousness into Connor, Anderson attempted to call him back, but after he refused the bomb implanted within him set off, destroying his robotic body while his consciousness was uploaded into a computer.
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- Anderson Robotics appears to have been influenced by sci-fi stories like Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and The Matrix, being likely named after Neo (Thomas A. Anderson) who fights the Machines.
- As stated in "Ties That Bind", Vincent Anderson and Anderson Robotics have no connection to James Anderson, the founder of The Factory.
- In-universe Anderson Robotics is sometimes seen as a spiritual successor to the defunct Prometheus Labs.
- The tale "Anderson the Alternative" depicts Anderson Robotics being financed by the Foundation, instead of MC&D, making the company more friendly but absorbed into the Foundation.
- Li’l Lollipop of Herman Fuller's Circus of the Disquieting once tried to commission Anderson Robotics to create knock-off animatronics of the "Five Nights at Freddy's" franchise.
- Anderson Robotics has been often compared by fans with Afton Robotics from the FNAF, mostly due to both companies having the initials A.R. and producing paranormal malevolent robots.
- In the "Broken Masquerade" canon in which the anomalies and the GoIs became public knowledge, Vincent Anderson tried to justify to the press the company's actions while behind the Veil of Secrecy and promised they would do better in the new status quo of the world. Meanwhile the International Criminal Court became concerned over the rights of the sapient robots.
- In the "Aces and Eights" canon, a universe in which the SCP Foundation is set in the Old Wild West, Anderson Robotics is known as Anderson Prosthetics which created various prosthetics such as porcelain face masks.
- An instance of SCP-6222-1, aquatic animals which were imprisoned inside an anomalous fish prison, was an Elasmosaurus whose front flippers, neck and right eye were replaced with enhancements resembling Anderson Robotics' technology and was arrested for terrorism.
- In the universe of SCP-6001 where the Compendium, a benevolent amalgam organization of different GoIs, took over the world and declared worldwide peace with all anomalies, Anderson Robotics was part of the Assembly which was also comprised by the Church of the Broken God and was one of the GoIs that made up the Compendium.
- According to the "List of Common Anomalous Misconceptions", Anderson Robotics' robots or similar robots from other manufacturers couldn't be disabled by processing a paradox, but vulnerable to existential dread due the clash between their souls and bodies, just like every other being.
External Links[]
- Anderson Robotics at the SCPOneCanonProject Wiki
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