Robo

Robo
Official artwork of Robo by Akira Toriyama.
Home Time	2300 AD
Home Area	Proto Dome
Age	Over 300
Weapon Type	Mechanical Arm
Magic Element	None
Gender	None (refered to as male)
Friends / Colleagues	Lucca Crono Marle Frog Ayla Kino Melchior Gaspar Belthasar King Guardia XXXIII King Guardia XXI Queen Leene Atropos XR (before she got reprogrammed) Mother Brain (before she got reprogrammed) Magus Schala Fiona Marco

Robo (ロボ, Robo^?) is a robot originally created to assist humans at the Proto Dome. His real name is Prometheus (プロメテス, Purometesu^?), and his serial number R-66Y. Having a curious and bright personality, he was rendered dormant by the apocalypse in 1999 AD, but is found and repaired by Lucca in the year 2300 AD. Upon his reactivation, Robo has no memory of his prior mission and joins the party. He uses his robotic arm as a weapon and although Spekkio cannot grant him the power to use magic (Spekkio being unable to properly read his character), Robo can use laser attacks that are similar to Shadow magic.

Robo seen in-game

In an optional side quest, Robo is punished by his corrupted maker, "Mother Brain", for having sympathy for humans, and he meets his long-lost companion robot Atropos XR. In another side quest, Robo can volunteer to spend four hundred years restoring Fiona's forest. During this time, Robo ponders the existence of an "Entity", a being having guided Crono and his friends through time for some purpose. He explains his theory to the party when they are reunited outside the Forest Shrine in 1000 AD .

In the Japanese version, Robo has a unique speech; he speaks with bits of katakana in his sayings and has trouble with pronunciations. Most of the robots talk in all katakana, with the exception of Johnny.

Abilities

Robo is a very useful character shortly after he joins the party. With Cure Beam and Heal Beam, Robo is capable of administering healing, although less effectively than Marle. His repertoire of powerful abilities makes him a powerful combatant, and his HP skyrockets at higher levels. Two of his weapons are among the strongest in the game, the Crisis and Apocalypse Arms. The Crisis Arm's damage is based on the last digit of Robo's HP, and the Apocalypse Arm, though it has an attack power of 0, always inflicts 9999 damage on critical hits. Therefore, equipping him with the Dragon's Tear (specifically in the DS release) is a wise decision, as his critical rate increases.

Single Techs

Tech (PS Name / SNES Name)	MP Cost	TP	Target	Description
Rocket Punch	1	N/A	One enemy	Launch fist at an enemy.
Cure Beam	2	N/A	One ally	Restore a small amount of HP to an ally.
Laser Spin	3	5	All enemies	Attack all enemies with laser. (Shadow)
Robo Tackle	4	150	One enemy	Charge and attack an enemy.
Heal Beam	3	400	All allies	Restore a small amount of HP to all allies.
Rapid-fire Fist (Uzzi Punch)	12	600	One enemy	Barrage an enemy with rocket punches.
Proximity Bomb (Area Bomb)	14	800	Enemies close to Robo	Blast surrounding enemies. (Fire)
Electrocute (Shock)	17	1,000	All enemies	Zap all enemies with electricity. (Light)

Chrono Cross

In Chrono Cross, Robo makes an appearance as the Prometheus Circuit terminated by FATE. Masato Kato has officially gone on record as stating the circuit is Robo. "Anyway, if you have played Trigger, then Prometheus should be very familiar to you. I'm sure a lot of players would make a similar 'big fuss' over the death of such a much-loved friend..."

However, his memory could have just been copiedonto the Prometheus cicuit while his 'true self' lives, but this is speculation.

Triple Techs

• Omega Flare "Ultimate Laser"- Deals various magic damage to all enemies. Requires Robo to know Laser Spin, have Lucca (with Flare) and Magus (with Dark Bomb) in the party and one of them has the Blue Rock equipped.