Better drone charging AI would be nice

[XxXSNOWXxX]

I've seen drones that go far away from their charging port and will literally go over bug nests and get destroyed. it would be better to have AI that would actually do more complex path finding instead of just go from point A to point B without plotting charge stops and map hazards.

[Nosferatu]

There are bases out there that have thousands of bots so

...for performance reasons, we don't do any pathfinding at all.

I can only suggest: Don't build robot networks that go around enemy territorry. Simply kill those bastards and straighten your defensline.

If you want to know more about robots and how much intelligence is already in there:
https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-374