Wow, amazed at the lack of comments on the "baby" robot design

occurred to me that a more sensible robot designed robot would be more like a box jellyfish, with eyes on all sides, among other things.

I was amazed when I realized they had created a robot cockroach.

I admit I didn't make the cockroach connection but yeah, it's really cool.

Kleo was even playing with a cockroach in an earlier scene.

I found it interesting that "the first" could have made the next generation in any shape and it chose to basically emulate a cockroach.

When I first saw it, I immediately thought about the idea thar roaches would be the only survivors in nuclear and radioactive wastelands. I also thought that they made a cockroack because it would be more practical than a humanoid design. But another reason could be that in such a distopian future, roaches and decay were all that the robots knew firsthand and the drew their aesthetic inspiration from them.

The cockroach baby robot was an interesting idea, a way for robots to give birth, to build something of their own from small parts, just like humans do with their cells. Differently from human, the baby's hawdware will not grow, but its software (the learning skills) could and it's not bound by the same rules (laws, protocols) that its parents were. Besides, it has a much more resilient body in respect to radioactivity and can dwell in areas where humans can't, so it's relativily safe from humans.

One thing, though, that I thought it could be done differently was its form. As a protective shell it works well, but it seems that it lacks the capability (or the ability) to repair itself. I don't know if the human hands with the opposable thumb are the best (or only) way to hold and manipulate tools, that is essential to the job of repairing itself. So how can an insectoid form be more efficient than a human one? And if not a cockroach, which do you think should be the best hardware to carry this super-intelligent software?