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[Sonic The Hedgehog] Where do artificial hypothetically “man made” objects like springs and dash panels come from?

This always has puzzled me when it comes to Sonic games, and I can’t find any answers anywhere else, so I figured I’d ask here. 

The Sonic franchise is home to many different locals. Some of these are ancient, mostly untouched places, like temples, forests and the like. My question is this. Why, in an ancient temple, is there a modern dash panel, designed solely for increasing speed during gameplay, in a place where such objects should not be present. 

I can accept this in more modern set levels, like Radical Highway, where due to a percentage of the population being anthropomorphic animals who are able to use peripherals like these, it makes sense for the government of the Sonic universe to install these devices. However, it doesn’t make sense when the randomly appear in otherwise completely natural spaces.

Any insight would be appreciated :)
gpt
They are put there by Dr Eggman. 

The powerups aren't meant for Sonic's use, they are meant for his own minions. They are placed in hard to reach places or hidden, and the springs are meant to help them get there or traverse loops, otherwise most of the zone would be impassable to them.

Why don't they use them then? Because they are slow, Sonic can easily zip through an entire zone in less than a minute. While Dr Eggman's minions are powerful enough to one-shot Sonic (without rings), they are usually too slow, but it generally isn't their main purpose, they are meant to control an area, Sonic also tends to skip them if they aren't a direct threat (to go faster). Dr Eggman fights Sonic personally with more advanced robots and when he controls the battlefield.