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<p>86.138.176.182: </p> <hr /> <div>:''Diagnostic drones are characters/devices in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]], most prominently in [[Beast Machines]].''<br /> <br /> A '''Diagnostic Drone''' is a type of autonomous drone which generally assists [[Transformers]] in performing administrative or technical tasks. They have some measure of artificial intelligence and are small, roughly ovoid devices with one visual sensor, two clawed arms, and two &quot;wings&quot;. They can hover or fly. Diagnostic Drones are explictly depicted as [[spark]]less. Several have been shown to have the ability to speak and use advanced experimental technology, but only one is known to have had apparent emotions and a sense of humor; that unit was either a true artificial intelligence, or a very good simulation of one. <br /> <br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Beast Machines===<br /> Diagnostic Drones were used by [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] during his tenure as ruler of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. One drone in particular served as Megatron's right-hand man until it was reprogrammed by the reawakened [[Tankor]]. This drone displayed a seemingly full range of emotions, although its ability to make decisions was handicapped in some ways by its programming. Despite this nearly full sentience, it was explicitly stated to have no spark.<br /> <br /> Near the end of Megatron's rule, after his spark was de- and repolarized, his spark became stuck in a Diagnostic Drone for a time.<br /> <br /> ===Dreamwave comics continuity===<br /> Diagnostic Drones -- or drones that look exactly like them -- were shown assisting [[Optronix]] at his job in the archives. {{storylink|The War Within, Part 1}}<br /> <br /> ===Transformers Animated===<br /> <br /> Although not an actual Diagnostic Drone, a micro-sized multitasking robot of curiously similar design has appeared in [[Transformers Animated]]. These [[Pocketbot|Pocketbots]] were a failed creation of [[Isaac Sumdac]] until commandeered by [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] in his first attempt to defeat the Autobots after a 50-year catnap. The Pocketbots featured the same single optic and ear-like Antennae of the Diagnostic Drones, but walked on four legs as opposed to hovering. It seems likely that the design of the Pocketbots were based on the Diagnostic Dones as a nod to [[Beast Machines]].<br /> <br /> [[Category: Beast Machines characters]]<br /> [[Category:Drones]]<br /> [[Category: Vehicons]]<br /> [[Category:Mass-produced Transformers]]&lt;div id=&quot;wikia-credits&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;small&gt;From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</div>

86.138.176.182 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Diagnostic_Drone&diff=144242 2008-01-11T12:37:31Z

<p>86.138.176.182: </p> <hr /> <div>:''Diagnostic drones are characters/devices in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]], most prominently in [[Beast Machines]].''<br /> <br /> A '''Diagnostic Drone''' is a type of autonomous drone which generally assists [[Transformers]] in performing administrative or technical tasks. They have some measure of artificial intelligence and are small, roughly ovoid devices with one visual sensor, two clawed arms, and two &quot;wings&quot;. They can hover or fly. Diagnostic Drones are explictly depicted as [[spark]]less. Several have been shown to have the ability to speak and use advanced experimental technology, but only one is known to have had apparent emotions and a sense of humor; that unit was either a true artificial intelligence, or a very good simulation of one. <br /> <br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Beast Machines===<br /> Diagnostic Drones were used by [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] during his tenure as ruler of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. One drone in particular served as Megatron's right-hand man until it was reprogrammed by the reawakened [[Tankor]]. This drone displayed a seemingly full range of emotions, although its ability to make decisions was handicapped in some ways by its programming. Despite this nearly full sentience, it was explicitly stated to have no spark.<br /> <br /> Near the end of Megatron's rule, after his spark was de- and repolarized, his spark became stuck in a Diagnostic Drone for a time.<br /> <br /> ===Dreamwave comics continuity===<br /> Diagnostic Drones -- or drones that look exactly like them -- were shown assisting [[Optronix]] at his job in the archives. {{storylink|The War Within, Part 1}}<br /> <br /> ===Transformers Animated===<br /> <br /> Although not an actual Diagnostic Drone, a micro-sized multitasking robot of curiously similar design has appeared in [[Transformers Animated]]. These [[Pocketbot|Pocketbots]] were a failed creation of [[Issac Sumdac]] until commandeered by [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] in his first attempt to defeat the Autobots after a 50-year catnap. The Pocketbots featured the same single optic and ear-like Antennae of the Diagnostic Drones, but walked on four legs as opposed to hovering. It seems likely that the design of the Pocketbots were based on the Diagnostic Dones as a nod to [[Beast Machines]].<br /> <br /> [[Category: Beast Machines characters]]<br /> [[Category:Drones]]<br /> [[Category: Vehicons]]<br /> [[Category:Mass-produced Transformers]]&lt;div id=&quot;wikia-credits&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;small&gt;From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</div>

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