Bots tend to lack the ability to think in Space Assault. If you rely on them heavily, here're some tricks to make them behave in relation to the very important transport in space assault:

Bots that are passengers disembark when the shuttle lands the first time.

Bots that are occupying a weapons position (including the un-bot-friendly tracking missile) disembark each subsequent time to you land.

Bots cannot reenter the shuttle (and subsequently explode it) if you land it on a ramp or on a narrow stretch of floor (as on some stages) since the majority of the shuttle body is floating off the ground.