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I want to insert items to robots via script (part of my mod to simulate fast-replace with robots) but this doesn't seem to work. I can do robot.remove{} and that works, but robot.insert{} does not.

Screenshot: http://imgur.com/a/yF9Lr

Steps: Run console command to insert item into bot.

Observed behavior: Command runs without complaint, suggesting success. Bot has no item, neither displayed nor granted upon pickup.

Expected behavior: Bot has item in inventory (displayed like the chest)

This is a side effect of not allowing the player to transfer items through CTRL + click.

If you want to transfer items into the robot you'll need to get the specific inventory and then do insert() on that.