I agree. And posit the other direction: Robotics has over-hyped and over-focused the field of mechanics on "Things with mobility and too much software" much to

I agree. And posit the other direction: Robotics has over-hyped and over-focused the field of mechanics on "Things with mobility and too much software" much to its determent. Simplicity (at least simplicity of functionality and presentation) is best if you want ubiquitious markets, I think.