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I tried it before the latest big patch and it was pretty average. Now it actually has some quality of life like being able to drag a belt ghost and even go up/down with 1 button instead of messing around with your inventory. Still no blueprints yet but they're apparently working on them.
I haven't gotten to the actual portion about making/selling/buying bots but from what I've read it should give you a ton of options in how you want to make your factory. As long as you have the money you can flat out buy materials now and transfer them down to where you need them in you rbase. Making them locally would still be more profit but it saves you from having to set up yet another mining outpost etc and simplifies logistics. The puzzle portion still comes from having enough people buying the bots you're making and claiming planets somehow (I think).

Maybe I'll post more if I make it to the late game.