this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2026
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People should be concerned. Robots like these may be deployed against Taiwan in the next few years.
Battery life maybe an issue.
Probably good for an hour
She might say that would also be an improvement over humans.
"Against" Taiwan... Or "for" Taiwan... Probably both since neither empire really gives a shit about the Taiwanese.
The clankers in the OP are from mainland China, so are ultimately under CCP control.
The CCP has indicated for decades it plans to invade Taiwan (CCP refers to this as “reunification”).