[wongarsu]

Because robots shaped for their environment are old news, to the point that most of them aren't even called robots. If you want to wow people and have them feel a connection to your robot you have to make it at least resemble a mammal. Even better if it resembles a human.

There's also the other argument about humanoid robots doing better in environments adapted to humans. But that's so far that hasn't really panned out.

[pvaldes]

Not even a mammal. Even having the articulations in the wrong place (as the Boston dynamics dog) creates a lot of discomfort in the potential customers