diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/drone/drone.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/drone/drone.dm
index cbc449410fc..bd7b023b5b6 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/drone/drone.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/drone/drone.dm
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 
 	//Some tidying-up.
 	flavor_text = "It's a tiny little repair drone. The casing is stamped with an NT logo and the subscript: 'Nanotrasen Recursive Repair Systems: Fixing Tomorrow's Problem, Today!'"
+	scanner.Grant(src)
 	update_icons()
 
 /mob/living/silicon/robot/drone/init()
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/robot.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/robot.dm
index f7372a79f5f..329f1b04a91 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/robot.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/robot.dm
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ var/list/robot_verbs_default = list(
 	hud_list[IMPTRACK_HUD]    = image('icons/mob/hud.dmi', src, "hudblank")
 	hud_list[SPECIALROLE_HUD] = image('icons/mob/hud.dmi', src, "hudblank")
 	hud_list[NATIONS_HUD] = image('icons/mob/hud.dmi', src, "hudblank")
+	scanner.Grant(src)
 
 /mob/living/silicon/robot/proc/init(var/alien=0)
 	aiCamera = new/obj/item/device/camera/siliconcam/robot_camera(src)