Thats the whole challenge we're dealing with now, right? Robots are trying to participate in a world where all of the interfaces are designed for humans, and th

Thats the whole challenge we're dealing with now, right? Robots are trying to participate in a world where all of the interfaces are designed for humans, and thats why we get hung up on humanoid designs. I think its probably equal parts whatever the futurism equivalent of nostalgia is and and the raw practicality of making robots that understand human-world interfaces seeming easier than rebuilding the entire human world with robots in mind.