The R-8009 utility droid was a utility droid manufactured by Serv-O-Droid, Inc., and used during the Old Republic era for a number of functions such as basic maintenance and cleaning. Unlike other utility droids of that era, the R-8009 had the skills and hardware to directly interface with other droids and computers, which allowed the owner to program the droid to return to a designated computer terminal and receive new instructions without the need for another droid to constantly update the R-8009's programming. Cheap, relatively skilled, and capable of operating quietly, subtly, and unobtrusively around living beings, the R-8009 could be found everywhere from the Deep Core to the Outer Rim.