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by scheme271 29 days ago
Stair climbing systems that work using wheels exist. Google stair climbing wheelchairs for a few examples.
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I am familiar, I'm a big fan of Dean Kamen's work. So far, we haven't seen a single wheeled stair climbing vacuum cleaner, even though the original iBOT is 23 years old.

That solves the horizontal mobility problem. And then you have cabinets - and wheels don't solve the vertical mobility problem. So then you need a scissor lift on those wheels, or a hydraulic lift.

The robotics nerds always end up back at bipedal because it's vastly simpler once you're already solving arms.

A scissor lift or some other thing seems a lot simpler than trying to allow for a bipedal robot to knee to reach things close to the ground. Or if legs are the best option, why not a quadruped? Much more stability with a lot of the same advantages.
I'm curious - have you done any robotics work?