Humanoid Robotics

Kurzweil on Samsung's humanoid robot.  The visual map aspect of the intelligence of the device is intriguing.  Geography and knowledge need maps.   I have often mused on the need for a robotic to look like a human.  Will that cause more complications than the value it provides?  Likely inevitable, though.    It does not seem that previous attempts at humanoid robotics have been particularly useful,  just clever demonstrations.