Future-of-work stuff aside, I’m always confused when I see bipedal robots. Doesn't make any sense unless one is dealing with rough terrain — and there, four or six legs would probably be better. I guess they're cool for Boston Dynamics investor videos.
For floor work, wheels seem the most logical. There is the issue of loading trucks (which I did at UPS for a couple summers), for that I’m thinking maybe a ceiling-mounted arm that could extend the length of the truck?
When I used to code in C++, I went down a long rabbit hole of compiler optimizations. It's way more complicated than we give developers credit for. Coming from C++ to Rust, I was happy to see that `--release` optimizes (almost) everything for you.