According to the description, rank 3 of Robotics Expert lets me give specific orders to hacked robots. Can I order one to move to a settlement, and leave it to sandbox around the area?

Not sure- haven't unlocked that yet. Somehow I think no, but... Anyone else know the answer to this one yet?

Anyone out there on PC willing to console command their way to the answer?

I actually tried to get on of the subway protrectrons to follow me. It only seems to work for a few seconds and then the robot goes back to its default routine. Complete and utter waste of a perk, at least anything beyond the first one which which lets you program them to self destruct and could be useful against sentry bots at least.

I assume they did it that way so that you couldn't just amass an army of bots and I get why they did it or balance reasons but then at least give us a damage bones to robots or something else. As it is now that last perk is just a waste.

Can you command the robot to enter the power armor?

Yeah, it makes the whole perk seem pretty useless.

I love the Fallout 3 and New Vegas mod that makes high intelligence builds fun by letting you build an army of various types of robots and machines to destroy your enemies and protect your home. It's the greatest.