Automatic intelligence is a unique property of Atomic Robo's psyche that is as of now unexplained in the pulp action comic series of the same name. Basically, it is the property that grants Robo free will and allows him to do as he pleases, which is something that is, to date, never accomplished by anyone else in modern robotics. Having granted free will because of this property, the U.S. Government was unsure of whether Robo was to be granted the same rights and freedoms as a human being, given that because he is a robot, he was technically someone's property. It was eventually officialy granted to him in May 7, 1940, after his participation in a covert operation to apprehend Helsingard.