The CPU and other vital electronics are usually well shielded and unpredictably positioned. Damage to the limbs can incapacitate them but they are still a danger to you, as they can notify other robots in the area of your location

Wow. Meaning there's little we can do if we really can't get to the control panel.

Feeling terrible that Odies no more. 

Great story my friend. You have a way of making us want more by the day