Radiation affects cameras.
A CCD image sensor that’s lost 20% of its pixels could still be providing useful information, especially if you’re just trying to get the robot out. Other systems may inherently have issues long before that point.
Radiation hardening is tricky, there are tradeoffs involved and lots of reasons you might choose different points on the spectrum from "disposable robot" to "robot expected to have a long service life in a radiation environment."