Ukraine wants combat humanoid robots — but expect Wall-E over Terminator, as simpler, wheeled tech still wins
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Active conflict is stress-testing the humanoid narrative and favoring cheap, wheeled, single-purpose systems at scale. For defense and industrial buyers, the near-term procurement pattern is clear: prioritize rugged, narrow robots over general-purpose humanoids unless you have a very specific use case and budget to match.
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