[lifeformed]

Here's my idea: As soon as it detects that it's being tampered with or stolen, it locks down and sends out a distress signal to a recovery team. It goes into "hostage mode" and records all sights, sounds, GPS locations, back to the team. The recovery team already has legal stuff figured out with the local police force, and they work together to retrieve the bot and prosecute the offenders, which should be easy with all the data collected.

That should be quite effective against most thieves, and building up a reputation for 100% recovery and prosecution would deter future thieves.

A faraday cage trap might be pretty tough to deal with though. Maybe it can emit annoying sounds if it detects it's being trapped.

[zbyte64]

Unless it is a safe, the thief could just drill into the battery.