Humanoid robots resonate with the public (in a good way or a bad (Terminator) way) and it does make sense for human-replacing robots to be humanoid, since we've

Humanoid robots resonate with the public (in a good way or a bad (Terminator) way) and it does make sense for human-replacing robots to be humanoid, since we've built our environment to accommodate bodies like ours, but at the moment most of the uses of humanoid robots are gimmicks. Why bother programming a robotic tour guide to point using its finger, hand out leaflets and walk around, when it's much easier to put a screen and leaflet dispenser on a set of wheels? Most importantly, a screen and leaflet dispenser on wheels has much less chance of accidentally decapitating tourists than a 300lb hydraulic "body-builder" machine.