[menaerus]

It makes sense when you find out that there's only so much humans who want to do and are capable of doing that type of work. Also, robots are cheaper, and they are the opposite of humans - theyt are not emotional, lazy, feeling fatigue or any other spectrum of feelings or behavior ...

[pocksuppet]

But why humanoid robots, instead of robots optimized for the task at hand?

[menaerus]

You have to rebuild the factory and manufacturing process I guess. Humanoid robot is a drop in replacement for human requiring no intervention

[MagicMoonlight]

Because humans can do any task. A fixed robot can only do one task.