When you build a robot and leave it at a settlement, does it count toward your settler number? Do they need beds?

How do you use Ada's Hack module?

Your settler count does go up when a robot is stationed there. However they don't need food, beds, nor water. They're great to assign to defense or as provisioners. It's fool seeing my robot cruising from settlement to settlement with his huge sentry bot legs. Gave him a gatling laser on one arm and a mini gun on the other. No one's stealing his goods.

The Hack Module lets a robot hack terminals. Getting them to do so should be as simple as entering command mode, then activating the terminal.