Early in film Gunslinger drinks a liquid, presumably whiskey, with no problems. About 01:24:00 we see a woman in a dungeon being forced to drink water by Richard Benjamin's character and her electronics shorting out as a result.
Why would she malfunction and not Gunslinger who did basically the same thing?
The Gunslinger was an advanced/latest model robot... also the reason it had extra back up reserve power of 12 hours [did the robots have energy 'beamed' to them or was there induction plating under the resorts floors?] and was also able to take the beating it took [fire/acid] until it finally failed.
Now the female imprisoned peasant robot may have been able to drink water [it was asking for it] but maybe it was damaged or had a fault in the programming... if liquid would make the robots short out then the first saloon prostitute would have shorted out after the customer finished the deed!
The mystery is all there! Why did the robots malfunction ?
I'd ask the same question about another great movie, Hitchcock's The Birds....why did the feathered friends attack anyway!?!?!?! Both Chricton and Hitch had a knack for this sort of cinema magic.
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During the bar fight, one of the hookers (the brunette) drinks whiskey, so it's even stranger.
shareBecause they are man-made, not God-created.
shareIf you look closely, you will see that the Gunslinger's whiskey is a different color than the stuff the guest is drinking. It was probably a type of oil or something that wouldn't short out the electronics. Could also be that some robots are designed to be able to drink if they are scripted to hang out in a place like a bar. The slave girl was just meant to be rescued and screwed, so she possibly didn't have the sealed circuits. I bet that means she couldn't "swallow" after servicing your dipstick either.
shareWell, how do you react if you want alcohol and get water?
You see, the woman in the dungeon was human after all.