I think something like the ambulance with forks to lift a crate would be good, like a modern forklift. The ripley unit is too slow for such a large area.
I would play mining again if they added the foreman. It could be a karma job that also works the smelter in addition to making the upgrades. That means the miners would have a bit more spare time as well. This would make it fun to mine again.
I especially hate that Blue shields take the lathe in Cargo as their personal vending machine. Back when I was QM a lot I got anything from a screaming match to being arrested to keep the Blueshield from emptying the lathe of metal for autoloaders.
Educate them. Remind them that robotics makes the parts/limbs but surgery attaches/detaches them.
I do every time, about half the time they ignore me and just say "Not robotics/find robotics."
I usually carry the tools. The issue I have is that they just dismiss me as a robotics problem. This is really troubling when I need a limb reattached. I think robotics needs a retractor.
I have played a time or two IC as raging when arrested, though usually on false charges.... Like when I was brigged with no word spoken to me as chaplain on the word of an assistant, and after 15 minutes of brig with still no word from sec..... they don't give me my ID back.
I like that. I just want some way to fix damage other than trying to find the one person in five who knows how to/is willing to repair a machine person.
I would love to make aerosol SE. Just give a can to synod. Then when everyone breathes next they no longer need to, as well as they move faster, can leap, see through walls, and resist the cold of space.