A fembot being maintained in the 1976 film Futureworld.

Maintenance is the ensemble of actions and processes that ensure the continued operation of a robot or fembot. Maintenance may be regularly scheduled, or may occur after a malfunction or damage to the machine, by which point it may constitute repairs.

Maintenance covers a range of procedures including check-ups, servicing, repairs, update or replacement of parts, consumables or software. This may require the robot or fembot to be partially or fully disassembled, or may just require opening an access panel or connecting to a computer for programming. Maintenance may be conducted by a second party while the robot or fembot is shut down, or by the android themselves while they operate.

In writing

In Mad Mechacow's Tales of Syntech, fembot Amanda is brought backstage by tester Gina after she failed to respond properly to a question.

Gina sighed again as she guided Amanda to a door marked "ROBOTICS LAB". Inside were clusters of computers and robotic assembly equipment, including stations to custom work metals and circuitry boards. Moving about the room were women wearing hospital-type uniforms and carrying tools and equipment. In the center of the lab were several tables.

One had a beautiful pair of female legs, except that they were connected to nothing. Wires ran from the exposed core of the legs, and components and circuitry shone through large, square gaps in the otherwise perfectly smooth skin. Even the toes looked well articulated, realistically soft and pink. They wiggled and moved as a female technician gently teased them with a feather. She looked around to be sure no one was watching before gently licking the toes, and letting her mouth suckle one, as the data streamed into a terminal nearby.

A second table held a woman's head. From the neck down it ran into a series of circuitboards and smaller computers. A program was running, and every once in a while the girl would smile, frown, or make a different face as her systems were tested. Out came her dry tongue as she made a "yuck" face. The woman watching the data peeled back the side of her face revealing the same electronics as were in Amanda's head. she carefully used a small tool to adjust the girl's facial motors and articulation.

— Tales of Syntech by Mad Mechacow