Large, awkward, expensive and hard to produce? Not the least bit scared of giant stompy robots being used in war. They're a stupid idea with a horribly limited combat role because while they offer the firepower of vehicles, they lack the armour and protection level of them, while still lacking the mobility, flexibility, and stealth of dismounted infantry.

If being oppressed by something, I might call something that looked like that 'sir' to its face, but it is going down in very short order afterwards.

Want something to be scared of? Be scared of the thousands of small networked bots armed with a small, compact 9mm pistol who are barely larger than the weapon they're carrying, and can hide nearly anywhere.

Want something to be scared of? Be scared of the thousands of small networked bots armed with a small, compact 9mm pistol who are barely larger than the weapon they're carrying, and can hide nearly anywhere.

Or helicopter drones. Once you take a human out of the equation for a helicopter they're surprisingly agile.

Want something to be scared of? Be scared of the thousands of small networked bots armed with a small, compact 9mm pistol who are barely larger than the weapon they're carrying, and can hide nearly anywhere.

Or helicopter drones. Once you take a human out of the equation for a helicopter they're surprisingly agile.

Exactly! We want to create a robot in our image, but legs are really very inefficient, especially if armor is required. Small bots (flying or otherwise) are a much better use of resources and much harder to find and destroy.

Now, giant armored tank-based robots on treads... Yeah, that might work.

Or someone could weaponize an actual Transformer.

Want something to be scared of? Be scared of the thousands of small networked bots armed with a small, compact 9mm pistol who are barely larger than the weapon they're carrying, and can hide nearly anywhere.

you mean these:
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