Bot Concepts

Cubits -

A multi-functional cube that can be dropped conveniently and inconspicuously to carry out passive monitoring, command-control linkage, or as supply caches.

Features and uses:
 

• Modular design in several sizes: 1x" - 6x"

• Multi-function passive sensors with on board memory, RFID, and small processor to format and store data streams.

• WiFi radios with on board controllers to create ad-hoc networks along routes built by scout drones; extending the range of workers and haulers beyond an immediate control network.

• Solar-charging, self-righting battery packs that can be discarded to charge, and picked up with simple manipulators or positioning magnets.
• Linkable storage or processing power - like a modular hive mind.
• Rapidly deploy-able defense networks; laser fences, proximity alarms, small payloads (explosives, chemical barriers, etc.), supply way-stations for other bot types to exploit.

Orbits -

They roll, they float, they pass through critters. Completely passive . These very tiny devices simply report their location when encountered by a listening station, or active sensor. Their purpose is to gather high volumes of environmental data at a very low cost.
 

They include small pebble sized granules with little more than an RFID  chip and a hardened rubberized shell, to larger fist-sized nodules that can include a GPS transceiver.

Entomorphs -

Like insects; they have jointed exoskeletons actuated by a variety of electromechanical, pneumatic, or hydraulic actuation. These guys are fully functional units, and possess a fairly comprehensive suite  of on-board sensors to aid in navigation and exploration.  They are generally built to be self-reliant with native code that integrates all sensor and navigation data allowing them to explore freely and return to a home territory.