I think for the near future making Humanoid robots is more efficient because it is the one shape that can do everything people can do. If you use an off the shelf humanoid robot you don’t need to build the entire body control model from scratch you can just work on the specific job parameters. Once embodied AI systems get more advanced and start being able to run more complex ideas they might begin to produce optimized designs and construction to better fit their use cases.
I think for the near future making Humanoid robots is more efficient because it is the one shape that can do everything people can do. If you use an off the shelf humanoid robot you don’t need to build the entire body control model from scratch you can just work on the specific job parameters. Once embodied AI systems get more advanced and start being able to run more complex ideas they might begin to produce optimized designs and construction to better fit their use cases.