I can't help but feel like a better fix for fluids would be a combination of fluids 1.1 with the flow calculation in this FFF except each pipe segment counts as a consumer so the fluid still flows AND still moves around as you'd intuitively expect...

I see what you're saying about mecanum wheels. I've actually built a small autonomous rover that uses mecanum wheels for my work.
From a physically practical standpoint, mecanum wheels are not designed for moving a vehicle quickly or for vehicles that have a lot of inertia and attempting to do so ...

I just wanted to +1 in favor of the current driving mechanism . To say that it is "not intuitive" is very strange to me. A vehicle turns based on where it is facing. A right turn is a right turn from the perspective of the vehicle. I think if it steered based on how you're looking at the vehicle ...

Ah, idea/suggestion versus bug report... Sorry...

I've searched everywhere I could think of and haven't seen this reported/purposely ignored anywhere so I'm sorry if this is known already.

I have personal roboports in my power armor but have zero energy generators (Solar, nuke, etc). Whenever constructor bots leave my inventory to go do work and ...

I've read through a couple pages (and skipped a few) on this thread and it's pretty clear how divided this subject is. Like a few others have stated, I don't really use logistic bots for the exact reason that it feels "cheaty" and feels like I'm not really playing the game the way it should be ...