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9	Some robots have it easy; these robots have a mission. They are specifically made for spying or espionage missions. They dodge bullets, perform recon, shape-shift, whatever is necessary to find out what someone else doesn't want them to know. Their design can overlap with the SurveillanceDrone. When paired with another human spy, it may overlap with AndroidsAndDetectives.
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15	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
16	* ''Anime/LupinIIIPartII'' once has a mechanical fly serve as a listening device. In the Creator/{{Geneon}} dub, Jigen describes it as "[[StealthPun a flying pun]]".
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20	%%* ''Film/MinorityReport''
21	%%* ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'': Darth Maul's droids.
22	%%* Snooper, Q's experimental robot dog, from ''Film/AViewToAKill''.
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26	* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': Frequently used by [[GadgeteerGenius Gadgeteers]] and [[MadScientist Devisors]], though at [[SuperheroSchool Whateley Academy]] they mostly use them to steal each other's ideas; [[https://whateley.academy/index.php/story/ayla-4-ayla-and-the-tests-chap-7 for example]], one is found which slowly moved around the Workshop tunnels, masked by both technological and magical means, eavesdropping on any conversations it came across. The [[Characters/WhateleyUniverseSchoolClubsAndCliques Intelligence Cadet Corps]] (a club for wannabee TeenSuperspy and KidDetective types) use them to keep track of the Bad Seeds, the Masterminds, and anyone else they deem 'suspicious', [[https://whateley.academy/index.php/story/diamonds-are-a-vamp-s-best-friend-part-1 including some of the teachers]] - which gets them into considerable trouble with the school administration.
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31	* Hymie from ''Series/GetSmart'', who was programmed by KAOS to impersonate a CONTROL agent and act as a mole for them. He now works for CONTROL, though [[MoralityChip his new programming]] prohibits him from being an agent.
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35	* ''Dark Conspiracy'' supplement ''Darktek'':
36	** Snoopbot: 200 kg, built like a trashcan with three legs. Has a full detection/analysis suite and an expert system AI.
37	** Probe Drone: used for exploring hazardous areas. Has brackets for mounting sensor modules.
38	* Robobugs in ''TabletopGame/GURPSUltraTech'' are good for this. The much larger nanomorph is basically Film/JamesBond with superpowers.
39	%%* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'': Many drones fit this description.
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42	[[folder:Toys]]
43	* ''Franchise/{{LEGO}}'':
44	** Some advertisements for ''Toys/LEGOMindstorms'' suggest using the kits to make one of these, though in practice, it's not very good at it just because of how loud the motors are.
45	** The Spyrius faction from ''Toys/LEGOSpace'', a group of spies who steal technology for profit, is headed by one named Major Kartofski. They use two giant-sized versions, the Recon Robot and the Robo-Guard, both of which come with claws for grabbing stuff and boxes for stashing stolen data. A magazine feature also mentions an unspecified robot who can turn invisible (save for its red hands) using a special helmet.
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49	* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'':
50	** ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerGenerals'' has one as an American SupportPower, launching a spy drone that gives vision and detection of a large section of the map.
51	** ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3'': The Empire has the Burst Drone, a dragonfly-shaped robot that flies and detects infiltrators. It can also attach itself to vehicles to slow them down and blow itself up to damage them.
52	* The Spy and Advanced Spy from ''VideoGame/MachinesWiredForWar'' can plant mines and steal enemy research.
53	%%* The beginning mission of ''VideoGame/PerfectDarkZero'' features one of these.
54	%%* Clank stars in ''VideoGame/SecretAgentClank'' as one of these.
55	* In ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', one type of robot that appears in [[ManVersusMachine Mann Vs. Machine]] is a robot version of the Spy.
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59	%%* Killer Evil Death Spybot 5000 from ''Webcomic/{{Adventurers}}''.
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62	[[folder:Western Animation]]
63	* The eponymous device in the ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'' episode "The Robot Spy".
64	-->'''Dr. Zin:''' Once inside your laboratory, it gathers information through these antennae and stores it in a memory bank and brings it back to me.
65	* The various versions of ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' have had a number of robots on either side of the conflict whose specialties are in espionage, intelligence, and/or surveilance, with personalities and ''modi operandi'' spanning the whole gamut, from ''[[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Prime]]'''s Soundwave, an eerily silent hacker and master of surveillance who seems to hear ''everything'', to sneaky, snarky Rattrap of ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'', who relies on quick wits, a handful of built-in gadgets, and [[TheCombatPragmatist a distaste for fair play]] to keep his [[UnusualEuphemism skidplate]] intact while behind enemy lines, to the deep-cover spy Shockwave of ''[[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Animated]]'', a Decepticon double agent who has an Autobot named Longarm as one of his alternate modes,[[labelnote:*]]well, technically two, as Longarm has a different vehicle mode than Shockwave[[/labelnote]]and in that guise rose to be ''head of Autobot intelligence''.
66	* The eponymous robot from ''WesternAnimation/TheZetaProject'', spun off from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond''. His full name is Infiltration Unit Zeta, which tells you something.
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69	[[folder:Real Life]]
70	* TruthInTelevision: Modern scout drones are basically this, except remotely operated. It's not too much of a stretch to imagine the possibility of autonomous scouting drones -- true "spy robots" -- in the near future.
71	%%* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RQ-4_Global_Hawk Global Hawk]]%%Administrivia/WeblinksAreNotExamples
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