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No - because we already have built the infrastructure in such a way that most important places can be reached with wheels rather than legs.
And if I had the choice of
1. maybe buying a small ramp for the stairs in my (not yet existing) house so that a wheeled robot can drive upstairs
2. buying a humanoid robot that can use the stairs himself
I would of course consider the costs - my guess is that the ramp will be much cheaper. What would you do?
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No - because we already have built the infrastructure in such a way that most important places can be reached with wheels rather than legs.
And if I had the choice of
1. maybe buying a small ramp for the stairs in my (not yet existing) house so that a wheeled robot can drive upstairs
2. buying a humanoid robot that can use the stairs himself
I would of course consider the costs - my guess is that the ramp will be much cheaper. What would you do?