Yes, I know the Peppermint Mining Mod. I had tried it once. Somehow it didn't work so well for me.
Well, overall, the classic miners are more efficient.
On the one hand you can research efficiency, on the other hand the bots use more energy than the classic miners.
And they have no mining efficiency.
I always try to trim my base effectively.
I also thought about the Prospector Mod ... Sounds good. And it has some realism.
Mylon has some interesting sounding mods.
Everbuild, for example. Makes construction work take a while.
But only if the drones build buildings.
I didn't take a closer look at the others.
I'm not really sure whether the mods from Schall really fit Krastorio. The Schall sniper rifle is weaker than the Krastorio precision rifle.
The sniper turret doesn't do much damage either.
I haven't researched the tanks yet. At the moment I don't quite get a taste for it. Only the energy weapon that you mentioned appears to be powerful.
I think you are right. Schall's Mods are more suitable for Vanilla.