diff --git a/Content.Server/Sound/Components/SpamEmitSoundComponent.cs b/Content.Server/Sound/Components/SpamEmitSoundComponent.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d839dc2f91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Content.Server/Sound/Components/SpamEmitSoundComponent.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+namespace Content.Server.Sound.Components
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Rolls to play a sound every few seconds.
+    /// </summary>
+    [RegisterComponent]
+    public sealed class SpamEmitSoundComponent : BaseEmitSoundComponent
+    {
+        [DataField("accumulator")]
+        public float Accumulator = 0f;
+
+        [DataField("rollInterval")]
+        public float RollInterval = 2f;
+
+        [DataField("playChance")]
+        public float PlayChance = 0.5f;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Content.Server/Sound/EmitSoundSystem.cs b/Content.Server/Sound/EmitSoundSystem.cs
index 7f423e0e2f..7e7b458b85 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Sound/EmitSoundSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Sound/EmitSoundSystem.cs
@@ -26,6 +26,25 @@ namespace Content.Server.Sound
         [Dependency] private readonly ITileDefinitionManager _tileDefMan = default!;
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
+
+        public override void Update(float frameTime)
+        {
+            base.Update(frameTime);
+            foreach (var soundSpammer in EntityQuery<SpamEmitSoundComponent>())
+            {
+                soundSpammer.Accumulator += frameTime;
+                if (soundSpammer.Accumulator < soundSpammer.RollInterval)
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                soundSpammer.Accumulator -= soundSpammer.RollInterval;
+
+                if (_random.Prob(soundSpammer.PlayChance))
+                {
+                    TryEmitSound(soundSpammer);
+                }
+            }
+        }
         public override void Initialize()
         {
             base.Initialize();
diff --git a/Resources/Maps/lighthouse.yml b/Resources/Maps/lighthouse.yml
index f85f7b433c..d846d79982 100644
--- a/Resources/Maps/lighthouse.yml
+++ b/Resources/Maps/lighthouse.yml
@@ -45550,7 +45550,7 @@ entities:
   - canCollide: False
     type: Physics
 - uid: 3411
-  type: RightHandDrone
+  type: RightArmBorg
   components:
   - pos: -10.454098,-16.275398
     parent: 100
@@ -45562,7 +45562,7 @@ entities:
         ents: []
     type: ContainerContainer
 - uid: 3412
-  type: LeftHandDrone
+  type: LeftArmBorg
   components:
   - pos: -10.563473,-16.494148
     parent: 100
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Body/Parts/silicon.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Body/Parts/silicon.yml
index c3243be82b..581634f985 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Body/Parts/silicon.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Body/Parts/silicon.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
     damageContainer: Inorganic
 
 - type: entity
-  id: LeftHandDrone
-  name: "left drone hand"
+  id: LeftArmBorg
+  name: "left borg arm"
   parent: PartSilicon
   components:
   - type: Sprite
@@ -27,11 +27,12 @@
   - type: Tag
     tags:
     - Trash
+    - BorgArm
   - type: Recyclable
 
 - type: entity
-  id: RightHandDrone
-  name: "right drone hand"
+  id: RightArmBorg
+  name: "right borg arm"
   parent: PartSilicon
   components:
   - type: Sprite
@@ -49,4 +50,5 @@
   - type: Tag
     tags:
     - Trash
+    - BorgArm
   - type: Recyclable
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Body/Presets/drone.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Body/Presets/drone.yml
index 6e4813ad40..214acc4b3e 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Body/Presets/drone.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Body/Presets/drone.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
   name: "drone"
   id: DronePreset
   partIDs:
-    hand 1: LeftHandDrone
-    hand 2: LeftHandDrone
-    hand 3: LeftHandDrone
-    hand 4: LeftHandDrone
-    hand 5: RightHandDrone
-    hand 6: RightHandDrone
+    hand 1: LeftArmBorg
+    hand 2: LeftArmBorg
+    hand 3: LeftArmBorg
+    hand 4: LeftArmBorg
+    hand 5: RightArmBorg
+    hand 6: RightArmBorg
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Catalog/Research/technologies.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Catalog/Research/technologies.yml
index 9b6d42cefb..7a4a83ba5a 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Catalog/Research/technologies.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Catalog/Research/technologies.yml
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@
   requiredPoints: 10000
   requiredTechnologies:
     - IndustrialEngineering
+    - RoboticsTechnology
   unlockedRecipes:
     - ShuttleConsoleCircuitboard
     - Drone
@@ -403,6 +404,21 @@
     - MicroManipulatorStockPart
     - ScanningModuleStockPart
 
+- type: technology
+  name: "robotics technology"
+  id: RoboticsTechnology
+  description: Robot parts.
+  icon:
+    sprite: Mobs/Silicon/Bots/honkbot.rsi
+    state: honkbot
+  requiredPoints: 10000
+  requiredTechnologies:
+    - CompactPowerTechnology
+  unlockedRecipes:
+    - ProximitySensor
+    - LeftArmBorg
+    - RightArmBorg
+
 # Bluespace Theory Technology Tree
 
 # - type: technology
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Mobs/NPCs/silicon.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Mobs/NPCs/silicon.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc6e8b2c66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Mobs/NPCs/silicon.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+- type: entity
+  save: false
+  abstract: true
+  id: MobSiliconBase
+  components:
+  - type: Reactive
+    groups:
+      Acidic: [Touch]
+  - type: Clickable
+  - type: Damageable
+    damageContainer: Inorganic
+  - type: Bloodstream
+    bloodReagent: Oil
+    bloodlossDamage:
+      types:
+        Bloodloss:
+          1
+    bloodlossHealDamage:
+      types:
+        Bloodloss:
+          -0.25
+  - type: InteractionOutline
+  - type: Fixtures
+    fixtures:
+    - shape:
+        !type:PhysShapeCircle
+        radius: 0.35
+      mass: 20
+      mask:
+      - MobMask
+      layer:
+      - MobLayer
+  - type: MovementSpeedModifier
+    baseWalkSpeed : 3
+    baseSprintSpeed : 4
+  - type: Sprite
+    noRot: true
+    drawdepth: Mobs
+    netsync: false
+  - type: Recyclable
+    safe: false
+  - type: UtilityAI
+    behaviorSets:
+    - Idle
+  - type: AiFactionTag
+    factions:
+    - SimpleNeutral
+  - type: HealthExaminable
+    examinableTypes:
+    - Blunt
+    - Slash
+    - Piercing
+    - Heat
+    - Shock
+  - type: MovedByPressure
+  - type: Physics
+    bodyType: KinematicController # Same for all inheritors
+  - type: DrawableSolution
+    solution: bloodstream
+  - type: StatusEffects
+    allowed:
+    - Stun
+    - KnockedDown
+    - SlowedDown
+    - Stutter
+    - Electrocution
+  - type: NameIdentifier
+    group: GenericNumber
+  - type: Repairable
+    fuelcost: 15
+    doAfterDelay: 8
+  - type: Pullable
+  - type: Tag
+    tags:
+    - DoorBumpOpener
+  - type: MobState
+    thresholds:
+      0: Alive
+      120: Dead
+  - type: Destructible
+    thresholds:
+    - trigger:
+        !type:DamageTrigger
+        damage: 120
+      behaviors:
+      - !type:DoActsBehavior
+        acts: [ "Destruction" ]
+  - type: Input
+    context: "human"
+  - type: PlayerInputMover
+  - type: PlayerMobMover
+
+- type: entity
+  parent: MobSiliconBase
+  id: MobHonkBot
+  name: honkbot
+  description: Horrifying.
+  components:
+  - type: SpamEmitSound
+    sound:
+      collection: BikeHorn
+  - type: UtilityAI
+    behaviorSets:
+    - Idle
+  - type: Sprite
+    drawdepth: Mobs
+    sprite: Mobs/Silicon/Bots/honkbot.rsi
+    state: honkbot
+  - type: Slippery
+    launchForwardsMultiplier: 6.0
+  - type: StepTrigger
+    intersectRatio: 0.2
+  - type: Fixtures
+    fixtures:
+    - shape:
+        !type:PhysShapeCircle
+        radius: 0.35
+      mass: 8
+      mask:
+      - MobMask
+      layer:
+      - MobLayer
+      - SlipLayer
+  - type: Construction
+    graph: HonkBot
+    node: bot
+  - type: GhostTakeoverAvailable
+    makeSentient: true
+    name: honkbot
+    description: An artificial being of pure evil.
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Misc/botparts.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Misc/botparts.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a0dffdc3f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Misc/botparts.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+- type: entity
+  parent: BaseItem
+  id: ProximitySensor
+  name: proximity sensor
+  description: Senses things in close proximity.
+  components:
+  - type: Sprite
+    sprite: Objects/Misc/proximity_sensor.rsi
+    state: icon
+  - type: Tag
+    tags:
+      - ProximitySensor
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Machines/lathe.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Machines/lathe.yml
index 618fe6b643..30ae9989cd 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Machines/lathe.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Machines/lathe.yml
@@ -196,6 +196,9 @@
       - PowerCellSmall
       - PowerCellMedium
       - PowerCellHigh
+      - ProximitySensor
+      - LeftArmBorg
+      - RightArmBorg
   - type: ActivatableUI
     key: enum.LatheUiKey.Key #Yes only having 1 of them here doesn't break anything
   - type: ActivatableUIRequiresPower
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Recipes/Construction/Graphs/weapons/modular_mine.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Recipes/Construction/Graphs/weapons/modular_mine.yml
index afb90f4d02..28c3ba1674 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Recipes/Construction/Graphs/weapons/modular_mine.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Recipes/Construction/Graphs/weapons/modular_mine.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
       steps:
       - material: Cable
         doAfter: 0.5
+      - prototype: ProximitySensor
+        icon:
+          sprite: Objects/Misc/proximity_sensor.rsi
+          state: icon
+        name: proximity sensor
 
   - node: wiredCase
     entity: LandMineModular
@@ -32,6 +37,8 @@
         completed:
         - !type:SpawnPrototype
           prototype: CableApcStack1
+        - !type:SpawnPrototype
+          prototype: ProximitySensor
     - to: mine
       steps:
       - tag: Payload
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Recipes/Crafting/Graphs/bots/honkbot.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Recipes/Crafting/Graphs/bots/honkbot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc6d81e033
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Recipes/Crafting/Graphs/bots/honkbot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+- type: constructionGraph
+  id: HonkBot
+  start: start
+  graph:
+  - node: start
+    edges:
+    - to: bot
+      steps:
+      - prototype: BoxHug
+        icon:
+          sprite: Objects/Storage/boxes.rsi
+          state: box_hug
+        name: box of hugs
+      - prototype: RubberStampClown
+        icon:
+          sprite: Objects/Misc/bureaucracy.rsi
+          state: stamp-clown
+        name: clown's rubber stamp
+        doAfter: 2
+      - prototype: BikeHorn
+        icon:
+            sprite: Objects/Fun/bikehorn.rsi
+            state: icon
+        name: bike horn
+        doAfter: 2
+      - tag: ProximitySensor
+        icon:
+          sprite: Objects/Misc/proximity_sensor.rsi
+          state: icon
+        name: proximity sensor
+      - tag: BorgArm
+        icon:
+          sprite: Mobs/Silicon/drone.rsi
+          state: l_hand
+        name: borg arm
+        doAfter: 2
+  - node: bot
+    entity: MobHonkBot
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Recipes/Crafting/bots.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Recipes/Crafting/bots.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..24d70aa503
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Recipes/Crafting/bots.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+- type: construction
+  name: honkbot
+  id: honkbot
+  graph: HonkBot
+  startNode: start
+  targetNode: bot
+  category: Utilities
+  objectType: Item
+  description: This bot honks and slips people.
+  icon:
+    sprite: Mobs/Silicon/Bots/honkbot.rsi
+    state: honkbot
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Recipes/Lathes/robotics.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Recipes/Lathes/robotics.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f25f33ea7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Recipes/Lathes/robotics.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+- type: latheRecipe
+  id: ProximitySensor
+  icon:
+    sprite: Objects/Misc/proximity_sensor.rsi
+    state: icon
+  result: ProximitySensor
+  completetime: 2
+  materials:
+    Steel: 200
+    Glass: 300
+
+- type: latheRecipe
+  id: LeftArmBorg
+  icon:
+    sprite: Mobs/Silicon/drone.rsi
+    state: "l_hand"
+  result: LeftArmBorg
+  completetime: 2
+  materials:
+    Steel: 70
+    Glass: 25
+
+- type: latheRecipe
+  id: RightArmBorg
+  icon:
+    sprite: Mobs/Silicon/drone.rsi
+    state: "r_hand"
+  result: RightArmBorg
+  completetime: 2
+  materials:
+    Steel: 70
+    Glass: 25
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/tags.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/tags.yml
index 8404f07924..2c0db23646 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/tags.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/tags.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 - type: Tag
   id: BodyBag
 
+- type: Tag
+  id: BorgArm
+
 - type: Tag
   id: BotanyHatchet
 
@@ -359,6 +362,9 @@
 - type: Tag
   id: Powerdrill
 
+- type: Tag
+  id: ProximitySensor
+
 - type: Tag
   id: PussyWagonKeys
 
diff --git a/Resources/Textures/Mobs/Silicon/Bots/honkbot.rsi/honkbot.png b/Resources/Textures/Mobs/Silicon/Bots/honkbot.rsi/honkbot.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9000a3cbaa
Binary files /dev/null and b/Resources/Textures/Mobs/Silicon/Bots/honkbot.rsi/honkbot.png differ
diff --git a/Resources/Textures/Mobs/Silicon/Bots/honkbot.rsi/meta.json b/Resources/Textures/Mobs/Silicon/Bots/honkbot.rsi/meta.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fcb184f863
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Resources/Textures/Mobs/Silicon/Bots/honkbot.rsi/meta.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+   "copyright" : "Taken from https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation at https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/commit/40d89d11ea4a5cb81d61dc1018b46f4e7d32c62a",
+   "license" : "CC-BY-SA-3.0",
+   "size" : {
+      "x" : 32,
+      "y" : 32
+   },
+   "states" : [
+      {
+         "directions" : 1,
+         "name" : "honkbot"
+      }
+   ],
+   "version" : 1
+}
diff --git a/Resources/Textures/Objects/Misc/proximity_sensor.rsi/icon.png b/Resources/Textures/Objects/Misc/proximity_sensor.rsi/icon.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..17c162af19
Binary files /dev/null and b/Resources/Textures/Objects/Misc/proximity_sensor.rsi/icon.png differ
diff --git a/Resources/Textures/Objects/Misc/proximity_sensor.rsi/meta.json b/Resources/Textures/Objects/Misc/proximity_sensor.rsi/meta.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3fb15166fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Resources/Textures/Objects/Misc/proximity_sensor.rsi/meta.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+   "copyright" : "Taken from https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation at at https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/commit/40d89d11ea4a5cb81d61dc1018b46f4e7d32c62a",
+   "license" : "CC-BY-SA-3.0",
+   "size" : {
+      "x" : 32,
+      "y" : 32
+   },
+   "states" : [
+      {
+         "directions" : 1,
+         "name" : "icon"
+      }
+   ],
+   "version" : 1
+}