My thinking is that if movable robots were useful, then we would see centaur robots. Instead of spending effort making it walk on two legs, they could spend time making the arms work for useful tasks.
For factory tasks, which have flat floors, don't need legs but wheels would be fine. Most factory tasks would be fine with fixed robots that can be pushed around to stations.
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My thinking is that if movable robots were useful, then we would see centaur robots. Instead of spending effort making it walk on two legs, they could spend time making the arms work for useful tasks.
For factory tasks, which have flat floors, don't need legs but wheels would be fine. Most factory tasks would be fine with fixed robots that can be pushed around to stations.