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[–] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I imagine in some applications this is a godsend. The US military was talking about using quadrupedal robots as pack mules, and that makes a world of sense. However, I'd guess they're not very smart and tend to damage anything that gets caught up in them as per usual industrial robots. In a controlled environment wheeled robots are probably cheaper too, so that limits the applicability a bit.