BD was under business pressures, and a computerized automaton doing baked ninja back-flips with servos is more impressive than inexpensive FK/IK demos dead-lifting 1000lbs. Google broke that company with their opinions.

Even if private labs have a viable platform solution, people won't care unless they can clone it for free. Not a lot of incentive for design change, but building Kryten 2X4B-523P would be hilarious. =3