>>719197207
>athletic human like mobility is achieved
To be fair in BT they do have that mobility. They can climb, punch, jump. Most of the games just portray them as walking tanks because that's easier. They even have artificial muscles called Myomer with high strength to weight ratios.

It's all still science fiction of course.

>>96150373
I wonder if that could change with the right tech. I always thought the idea behind Battletechs Myomers was a good start. Motors are just not good at having back and forth motion that limbs need to have. So instead going for an artificial muscle that theoretically also cheap to make would at least make it so you could field mechs for some benefits such as rough terrain navigation or environment interaction.