I wondered when they would finally ditch the landing legs. It’s just an extra added dead weight. One technique is to reinforce the rocket base with more metal

I wondered when they would finally ditch the landing legs. It’s just an extra added dead weight. One technique is to reinforce the rocket base with more metal padding, and then on landing, the ground-based robotic clamps would magnetically lock on to the reinforced metal padding. Or they can do it this way, and have a magnetic picker lock onto the top of the rocket. Then it would gently lower it to its final resting position. But I think they would have to hover the rocket for a few extra seconds, while the robotic arm moves itself into place to perform the final catch. This would require more fuel, which reduces payload capability.