History Main / TinmanTypist

** This continues long plast G1, and likely occurs in some for in ''every'' ''{{Transformers}}'' series, from ''BeastWars'' to ''[[TransformersPrime Prime]]''

* Secundo the ProjectedMan in ''BeyondGoodAndEvil'' types (HardLight?) at a computer control panel near the end of the game. He ''does'' seem to do just a bit more than this, though, since he manages to somehow transform the RoboSpeak-ing computer to a Female Computer.

** This continues long plast G1, and likely occurs in some for in ''every'' ''{{Transforers}}'' series, from ''BeastWars'' to ''[[TransformersPrime Prime]]''

* {{Chobits}} had Persocoms typing.

* Averted in BSG, when Athena wires directly into the ship to stop the virus...which raises the question of [[VoodooShark how the hell the Cylons are identical to humans if they have COMPUTER PARTS INSIDE THEIR ARMS!]]

* In [[IsaacAsimov Isaac Asimov's]] ''CavesOfSteel'', a character brings up the question of why robots always seem to be built as humanoids; part of the given answer was that when designing a general-purpose machine, it was simplest to have it use tools and control mechanisms made for human use.

** Speaking of {{Voyager}}, notice that the Doctor (not [[DoctorWho that one]], this one's a hologram) is constantly talking to the computer or pressing buttons. Could be {{Justified}} in that an emergency replacement doctor doesn't necessarily need to communicate with the main computer. Also, he ''does'' want to be a RealBoy.

Possibly the writer is trying to hold back on clues that the character is a robot or perhaps the character is meant to be hidden the fact from other characters. After all how many people do you see with cables or wires sticking out of their ear? Besides it's harder to [[HollywoodHacking hack into]] human digits than a radio connection (unless you have a saw).

* Robo from ''ChronoTrigger'' does this frequently.

** Of course, Persocom behavior is more likely to be based on "looking cute" or at least "staying on the right side of the UncannyValley" than pure efficiency.

* Rommie on {{Andromeda}} which can be maddening since Rommie ''is'' the ship. The depiction of the levels of interconnectivity has varied at different times, and she has alway been depicted as a different "consciousness" than the main computer so it may be justified. However you might still expect that an android specifically designed for the ship should be able to connect up in other ways.
** She wasn't specifically designed for the ship. She was built by Harper centuries after the ship had already been constructed; she was a modified maintenance droid.

** Worth noting is that at the time the book was written, the manufacturers of computer hardware and software stressed incompatibility with their competitors' products, and without the forces leading to the [=ARPAnet=] things could have progressed further in that direction. It's not unreasonable to have a sci-fi setting in which robots wouldn't be capable of direct machine-to-machine links with most systems in their environment.

* In [[IsaacAsimov Isaac Asimov's]] ''Caves of Steel'', a character brings up the question of why robots always seem to be built as humanoids; part of the given answer was that when designing a general-purpose machine, it was simplest to have it use tools and control mechanisms made for human use.

* In ''Alien Resurrection''. One of the crew members of ''the Betty'' ([[spoiler:Annalee, Wynona Ryder's character]]) is actually an android, but as they are under-cover, they have to use regular interfaces on the computers. At least until TheReveal.

* Averted in the original Star Wars trilogy; we never see C-3PO typing, only R2-D2 'talking' to various computers and electronic devices via his little hook-ups.

* Chobits had Persocoms typing.

* Averted in ''TheZetaProject.'' Zee has a data spike which he can insert into any number of computer systems for a direct connection.

* In the ''JusticeLeague'' episode "Tabula Rasa" not only does [[SuperMan Brainiac]] use a keypad, he ''uses a keypad that's [[WallBanger built into his own body]]!''

* In the ''JusticeLeague'' episode "Tabula Rasa" not only does [[SuperMan Brainiac]] uses a keypad, he ''uses a keypad that's [[WallBanger built into his own body]]!''