For embedded applications, especially robotics, it tends not to be a great default because it stops the process, which tends to be bad for realtime control loop

For embedded applications, especially robotics, it tends not to be a great default because it stops the process, which tends to be bad for realtime control loops. That said, a complete hang is the situation where I absolutely would try to get a debugger attached and get a backtrace as one of the first things to try.