I think this is the ideal scenario for Ansible— one-time configuration of throwaway environments, basically as a more hygenic and structured alternative to shell scripts.
My experience trying to manage longer lived systems like robot computers over time with Ansible has been that it quickly becomes a nightmare as your playbook grows cruft to try to account for the various states the target may be coming from.
My experience trying to manage longer lived systems like robot computers over time with Ansible has been that it quickly becomes a nightmare as your playbook grows cruft to try to account for the various states the target may be coming from.