[JohnC]

Originally Posted by whytheheckme

As opposed to the really useful work that the robot does during the rest of the game?

The inspirational power of seeing robots move "automagically" is underestimated. Sure, the moving around that they do isn't of immediate benefit to anyone. But I'd say it's worth it if just one small child is inspired to become an engineer.

To legitimize this post, I guess I should include more jokes.

while(!center) {
  lick();
  licks++;
}

and

$ chown -r us ./yourbase