Remotely-piloted/operated vehicles are not "robots" the way the public is accustomed to thinking of them. Technology like this has existed since wire-guided bombs and remote-control anti-tank mines were developed in the Second World War.
And the way pilots and AFV crewmen rely on instruments and night-vision devices, they really have the same situational awareness as the controls of an RPV that they'd have in the cockpit or buttoned up in their vehicle. This is a non-issue, stop feeding media hype.
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Remotely-piloted/operated vehicles are not "robots" the way the public is accustomed to thinking of them. Technology like this has existed since wire-guided bombs and remote-control anti-tank mines were developed in the Second World War. And the way pilots and AFV crewmen rely on instruments and night-vision devices, they really have the same situational awareness as the controls of an RPV that they'd have in the cockpit or buttoned up in their vehicle. This is a non-issue, stop feeding media hype.