Calder McHugh is deputy editor of POLITICO Nightly.

A Ukrainian serviceman stands beside a ground robot equipped with a gun.Andriy Andriyenko/Ukraine's 65th Mechanised Brigade via AP Ukrainian soldiers are letting robots fire on the Russians, allowing ...

Have you ever wondered how our brave soldiers deal with nasty stuff like chemical and biological weapons? Currently, it's a risky and time-consuming process. Soldiers have to suit up in cumbersome NBC ...

A researcher has found that soldiers develop strong emotional attachments to the robots deployed in place of humans — and that it may affect their battlefield performance. Deploying robots in ...

A Ukrainian serviceman stands beside a ground robot equipped with a gun.Andriy Andriyenko/Ukraine's 65th Mechanised Brigade via AP ...

China’s official military newspaper has called for urgent ethical and legal research to regulate the future use of humanoid robots in warfare, warning of potential moral and legal consequences. The ...

Amidst a battlefield saturated with deadly Russian drones, Ukrainian soldiers are increasingly deploying agile, remote-controlled armoured vehicles to undertake critical tasks and safeguard personnel ...

Akim works in tandem with another soldier operating the robotic vehicle with a joystick. The vehicle has no camera ... grill-like cages onto the machines or attaching metallic rollers in front to ...

In an important development in robotic warfare, Ukrainian assault forces have executed what they claim to be the world’s first fully unmanned offensive operation, capturing Russian troops using only ...

The robot soldier is coming. The Pentagon predicts that robots will be a major fighting force in the American military in less than a decade, hunting and killing enemies in combat. Robots are a ...