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The justification that makes most sense to me is the fact that, theoretically, if good enough, they could massively reduce the investment required to start using them, as they could be dropped into workplaces designed for human operation without need for extensive rebuilding. Your mileage may vary on how likely it is the robots would get good enough to achieve this in our lifetime, though it does seem plausible to me.
This idea doesn't apply to teachers at all or any other job that's primarily social or academic - and while there's an argument for a humanoid body form I do very much agree that trying to make them look human is sketch as fuck and has basically no good purposes.