Ukraine

I mean sure they will, it's just that an unmanned autonomous LMG mintank isn't thattt much more effective than infantry, and is much much much more vulnerable to being destroyed by a more nimble human opponent especially if they have RPGs.

edit let me extend this point for emphasis, you are scared of a dinky top heavy wheeled robot that looks like a weaponized version of WALL-E? Ok well imagine a weapon system with the brain of the most intelligent autonomous agent known on earth, that is contained within a robotic frame that has already proven itself capable of squirming down into the deepest caves (including waterfilled ones) and scaling vertical rock walls sometimes without even any additional equipment and imagine they could be trained to be very very good at shooting any old obsolete RPG laying around and put that weapon system in places that you could never counter or predict with wheeled robots, autonomous or remote controlled.

If the situation happens to be in mountains and the people I am referring to as weapon systems happen to be locals that know the landscape very very well than you have no hope just the same as the Soviet Union or U.S. did when they tried to occupy Afghanistan.

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sling_(weapon)

Human beings survived because we are born athletes, just the same as all animals on this planet, but we are superbly adaptable athletes capable of inventing whole new sports on a whim, and the worst part is we are always talking to each other and teaching each other tricks so once one of us figures out how to beat an enemy the knowledge spreads like a virus among us.

..but yeah, unmanned ground vehicles will absolutely be used for attrocities and it will be awful I don't doubt that.

However, you can't tell me these type of unmanned rescue vehicles won't be used for rescues all over the world in conditions that rescue services simply couldn't justify risking a human life to try to reach somebody in desperate need of help (Imagine a flood rescue scenario where an army of amphibious versions of these could evacuate people en masse, they wouldn't even necessarily have to do anything other than float up to wherever the trapped people in need of rescue where and they could jump on and hold tight. Do one better and strap food, water and blankets to the top of the derpy rescue bot to deliver in the process of the rescue. This could massively extend the capabilities of rescue crews especially in situations that were again too dangerous for human crews to do themselves.)

This is basically the concept of a self propelled allterrain stretcher, and the use cases for that for human life saving are immense, even just as a compliment to emergency personnel conducting a rescue.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/04/18/drone-ambulance-service-finnish-volunteer-helps-produce-battlefield-evacuation-drones-in-kharkiv/

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During the war, Rinne had assisted families of fallen Finnish fighters—handling death confirmations, coordinating DNA tests, retrieving remains, and escorting them back to Finland. These experiences raised difficult questions: how can casualties be evacuated without exposing other soldiers to danger? How can this be done under fire? And how can the dead be recovered respectfully?

The solution, he believed, lay in ground-based drones. Rinne reached out to a drone manufacturer in Kharkiv and pitched a concept. Together, they developed a system of unmanned ground vehicles including a sapper drone, an automated turret, and an evacuation platform. Though these UGVs have yet to be deployed in combat, Rinne currently envisions them as a kind of drone-powered ambulance unit, ready to respond to battlefield requests.

https://united24media.com/latest-news/ukraine-deploys-gimli-unmanned-ground-vehicles-for-high-intensity-combat-5612

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CkkTI7PLQM4

https://www.technology.org/2025/05/26/defenders-of-ukraine-demonstrated-a-robotic-medevac-mission/

In the Kharkiv region, they had to perform a medevac mission when the risk of a drone strike was very high.

The point of evacuation was 12 km from a position where the wounded soldier could be safely collected for a further journey to the field hospital. Because of Russian activity there, sending a regular armoured vehicle for this medevac mission was considered impossible. And so the defenders of Ukraine sent the Targan – an electric 4×4 ground robot. A DJI Mavic drone watched it work from above, making sure that there is an easy path for the robot to come home.