I doubt it. Going to Mars just to enter orbit would probably require the same (or more) delta v as landing (because of aerobraking). And then you'd still have to resupply them, and that will certainly be more expensive. Your resupply missions now have to achieve orbit, and dock. You can get much cheaper "dumb" cargo to Mars by using "old" tech developed for the first rovers (parachutes + airbags).

And even then, again there's just something about a trained geologist being there, immersed in the thing, thinking on the spot, using a shovel that just can't be matched with robots.

Then you have all the ISRU (in situ resource utilisation) that you can take advantage of on Mars vs. in orbit around Mars. There have been experiments already demonstrating obtaining useful stuff (MOXIE got oxygen). And theoretically you can also make methane, you can melt water, etc.