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Unfortunately, our sense of prosperity seems to be relative.

If 90% of the town has a free house and free food, but the other 10% live in bigger, safer, cleaner houses and are eating better testing/healthier food, I don't think the 90% will be as excited.

I think most humans strive for the best available rather than being content with the minimum they really need. This probably isn't a great way to find happiness but it is a pretty powerful motivator.

This is a little long but covers both the utopian and dystopian versions of the idea. https://marshallbrain.com/manna.htm

The issue in the under-developed world is lack of capital, machines, technology, etc. This is more of that. If that's the problem you were hinting at, I don't think this would be the solution.

But container ships.

The issue of poverty worldwide is more related to distribution/ownership, and not caused by a lack of food. I think if these robots were owned collectively, it would benefit people. But that's not what's happening - like any other technology, these robots will probably be owned by a handful of people.