Drone terrestre ucraino con mitragliatrice difende da solo la posizione in prima linea per 45 giorni

Good bot ❤️

There’s an XKCD [for everything](https://www.reddit.com/r/xkcd/comments/2zug7e/this_comic_kinda_makes_me_want_to_cry_for_a_robot/#lightbox).

Hopefully they rescued it this time.

There’s been a long standing belief that a robot can’t hold ground but infantry can. Usually this is in the context of air force vs ground force but if an infantry unit boils down to the willingness to use violence to not be removed from a position… I’ve always believed unmanned systems can do a LOT of heavy lifting here where so many losses occur.

In the past flight was a far more challenging feat of engineering than just walking somewhere but in the drone world flight is much easier than ground systems just due to the complexity of navigating terrain. In the commercial flight world we have had auto pilot planes that can fly a to b with little to zero human interaction (with pilots there to manage and provide safety) and yet self driving cars is still a huge challenge. Ariel drones were easier to accomplish early on and have a huge impact but still cannot hold terrain but I do believe ground drones can, they just take a lot more engineering to work effectively.

I think this is where a lot of 2026 will go, unmanned dominance on the ground to stop the meat assaults even more effectively without the exposure of as many heros.