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Drone wars: Inside Ukraine’s robot ground army

Drones are taking over on the frontline of the Russian war in Ukraine.

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Autonomous shopping cart with MG is a word
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There will come a point where soldiers will wear exoskeleton like ironman
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@JP-vh8bt From YouTube ↗ 23 Jul 2026 1
We in terminator and Robocop era already
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we're living in the robots and drone evolution in real time war! unreal!
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Behold they made a statue of the beast and gave it life. Terminators are here.
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This is painful at the end. The interviewer keeps interrupting just as the point is about to be made.
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At least Ukraine has practical experience designing machines. when the war ends,, they’ll become the world’s largest exporters of such machinery.
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@mslch From YouTube ↗ 23 Jul 2026 25
Man (or Woman), I respect the resolve of the Ukrainians! Pure warriors and geniuses! God bless Ukrain and Her people. We are rooting for you guys!
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within 18 months they will be Cheetah like
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@mark314158 From YouTube ↗ 22 Jul 2026 17
So it will end up with Ukrainian machines fighting Russian machines.
While each side tries to inflict maximum damage on the other's infrastructure.
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Its wild seeing the drone radio that i have be everywhere in ukraine
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@KeithRingo From YouTube ↗ 22 Jul 2026 62
Glory to Ukraine. Their innovation and resilience is awe inspiring 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
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@JJWoof From YouTube ↗ 22 Jul 2026 14
this war needs to end before AI gets put into everything
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It’s like looking at the dystopian past from the future and seeing what robots were like back in the old days
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@mivapusa From YouTube ↗ 22 Jul 2026 10
Ground Drones might be the less dystopian side of the Unmanned coin. UAVs replace artillery shells and airstrikes, but UGVs stand-in for human infantry, and save lives as a consequence.
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@gw7514 From YouTube ↗ 22 Jul 2026 20
Call of Duty - Future Warfare... key now is for Europe to have Starlink replacement.
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We're building a frightenng future
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“What you're seeing is Advanced Warfare”.
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@ddha0000 From YouTube ↗ 22 Jul 2026 76
this war will be looked back on as the beginning of the rise of the machines
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We've reached Advanced Warfare already.
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GreenThumb 21 Jul 2026
Cal, I'm skeptical until I see the projected percentage drop in average household spend. Where are the official forecasts showing the actual impact of that VAT cut?