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[[File:TS4 Servo.png|left|40px]]'''Servo''' is a robot, first introduced in ''[[The Sims: Livin' Large]]'', later re-introduced in ''[[The Sims 2: Open for Business]], ''and ''[[The Sims 4: Discover University]]''. Servo is purchased as an object in ''Livin' Large'', but is built in ''Open for Business'' and ''Discover University''. In the latter two games, Servo is effectively treated as a member of the household; it is playable, has motives, and is counted against a family's maximum number of members.

 

 

Servo does not return in ''[[The Sims 3]]'' base game. ''[[The Sims 3: Ambitions]]'' introduces the [[SimBot]] in its place; since the original worlds of ''The Sims 3'' were placed before either ''The Sims'' or ''The Sims 2'' (in the [[Timeline of events in The Sims series|in-game timeline]]), the SimBot could be considered the predecessor to Servo. ''[[The Sims 3: Into the Future]]'' includes a customizable robot called a [[Plumbot]]. Since [[Oasis Landing]] is placed in the future relative to ''The Sims 2''—and most worlds in ''The Sims 3'', it is conceivable that the Plumbot could be considered the distant successor to Servo.

 

 

The name ''Servo'' possibly refers to "servus", which is Latin for slave or servant. When translated literally, it means "I look after". "Servo" is also Italian and Portuguese for "servant", and is pronounced in much the same way as "cerveau", which is French for "brain". The name "Servo" may also refer to the word "serve", since that is what a Servo is most used for. Servo may also be a reference to [[Wikipedia:servomechanism|servomechanisms]], as "servomechanism" is often shortened to "servo".

Like normal Sims, Servos can fall in love and get married to other Servos, and even to normal Sims. They cannot reproduce naturally, but can "reproduce" by crafting and activating new Servos. Servos can [[Adoption#The Sims 2|adopt]]. They can father children with the [[Tombstone of Life and Death]]. Servos have the invisible face genetic, like the [[Grim Reaper]], so if the player cheats to make a Sim pregnant with a Servo, the baby's genetics will have the second default face, and might have some of the mother's genetics. However, if Servo is aged to elder with cheats, it will look like a normal Sim with the adult version of the second face template and light skin, but the robot voice will remain.<ref group="n">If a male Servo is aged to an elder with cheats, they will use the adult variant of the second face template and not the elder version, but they will still have the elderly wrinkles, etc. If a female Servo is aged to an elder, they will use the adult variant of the second face template but with a slightly squarer jaw and slightly longer nose. This is also what happens when a Sim that uses one of the [[Genetics#Broken Maxis Templates|"broken" Maxis face templates]] ages into an elder.</ref>

 

Servos can be [[Hybrid|combined]] with the [[Vampire]], [[Zombie]], [[Werewolf]], and [[Witch]] [[life state]]s. Vampire Servos rapidly lose power in sunlight, and must recharge in coffins (or beds, if none are available). Vampire Servos also do some vampire animations while idling in place, as do the other "Monster" Servos. Werewolf Servos regain all of their Power motive at night. This effectively makes them active 24/7. Zombie Servos do not look much different, but have zombie features such as tilted heads and the zombie walk.