“Churchill had it right. We are headed into a new dark ages made all the more terrible and prolonged by sinister powers of science.”
Yes because one of the primary uses for a machine like this is a military one. Not necessarily as a combat system but as a sort of electronic mule to carry supplies or communications gear. Though I can see one being armed with a machine gun being sent to chase down insurgents inside a building
Also robots can patrol dangerous areas of major cities. Equip them with cameras and stun guns/tasers. RoboCop will become a reality. “Dead or alive, you are coming with me.”