This is me being a bit silly, but here is what I mean by how out there the bots are.
Look at the modern day robots. The best ones out there, the really expensive ones, are basically metal frames with pistons and jerking movement. They range from thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars, and even at their best move like Frankenstein Monsters. You usually see a lot of wires and joints on them. They require being plugged in, and the best one out there, a mechanical horse substitute is quite literally a walking skeleton.
Look at Revan's dumbot. It has roughly 8-12 hours of operation before it needs to be re-powered. It's capable of independent movement, and directing itself. It has no exposed parts, and in fact can actually withstand heavy labor in areas roughly equivalent to what humans can do due to it's sealed designs. For all intents and purposes, it's a humanoid substitute. You make them as disposable minions. They are worth maybe 500$ counting labor time as $.
There are maybe 100 heroes or villains in the world that would or could do something similar. The articulated motion and construction is more common. The big thing is the AI. This is the rare point. AIs are not common period. Most Villains who use them, don't use them long for varying reasons. Heroes don't use them much either due to it basically creating a child. Most of the time they use directed intelligences, which are basically 'smart' programs.
