Remotely view, explore, attack, or deconstruct by using your spy satellites in orbit.
Mods introducing new content into the game.
Transportation of the player, be it vehicles or teleporters.
You can put the deconstruction planner and ion cannon targeting device from the uplink station in the logistics trash slots and the robots get them, and when you enter the uplink again the items are there again, and also in the logistic network.
Yes, this is a known issue. Not much I can do about it at the moment.