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One of the strongest robots fielded by the Empire, the infamous King Oni.

Robotics is a branch of research that deals with developing machines that possess the mechanical dexterity of motion, and some form of environmental awareness. They are used by many factions, including the Allies and the Empire.

[edit] Great World War II

The GWWII-era Soviet Super Tanks were just that: AI-controlled Mammoth Tanks.

The first true military application of robotics were the Super Tanks, powerful tanks built by the Soviet Union and governed by computer programming. Given the resources of the time, this programming was significantly primitive, and the tanks went berserk. The prototypes were destroyed by Allied Forces in the area.

However, robots truly only saw widespread military useage during the Real World War III, with the development of unmanned military drones and the rise of the Empire of the Rising Sun.

[edit] USSR

Terror Drones - an end product of demented Soviet robotic research.

The USSR uses the small and versatile robot, the Terror Drone, which could take out even Robot Tanks, or at least force a retreat to remove the drone from itself including. It suffers from weak armor, however. WWIII upgrades allowed it to now swim to attack ships or stun foes with a Stasis Beam, much like a concentrated EMP, the stasis ray can only target one unit at a time. Any structures that can repair can remove a terror drone from a vehicle's interior.

At the Crusher Cranes, 3 Repair Drones can fix nearby tanks, ships and aircraft.

In the "Tutorial" Datafile, Imperial-made target drones look exactly like live Conscripts and Flak Troopers, thus forcing the Hammer Tank's driver to admit the drones' seeming realism.

[edit] Allies

The Future Tank X-1, Futuretech's latest robot AFV, is proof that even the Allies can develop robots.

The Allies used Robot Tanks, which is a hovering, radio-controlled Light Tank and was pretty effective on Yuri Clones due to the fact that its impossible to mind-control.

In the Real WWIII, modernized Aircraft Carriers are known to carry and use 5 Sky Knight UCAVs. All Allied Production Centers, including War Factories, Airfields and Seaports, will have Repair Drones which repairs nearby aircraft, ships and tanks.

During Phase III of the Tutorial, the Guardian Tank ordered a drone Hydrofoil to use its Scramblegun Jammer in order to disable the weapons of a malfunctioned, Imperial-made replica drone of the biggest anti-armor platform, the Apocalypse Tank.

The Future Tank X-1, Futuretech's latest military innovation and Robotic MBT, is the new Allied robot unit during the Uprising era, combining its own best expertise with the rugged durability and power of Soviet armor, and the advanced artificial intelligence (A.I.) found only in some of the Empire of the Rising Sun's forces.

[edit] Yuri

Yuri's own one-shot, but maddeningly effective, venture into Robotics, the Chaos Drone.

Even the psychic deviant Yuri developed robotics in the form of Chaos Drones - UCVs that use a hallucinatory gas that could make even the heaviest hostile tanks attack each other in simple, psychotic and blind rage. Thanks to Premier Cherdenko's interference to the timeline, this Robotic unit was erased from existence.

[edit] Imperial

If there is an Assault Mech/Fighter Jet to show the extent of superiorly advanced Imperial robotics, then the pilot-assisted Tengu is that unit.

The Empire of the Rising Sun of WWIII are unmatched in terms of robotics, pilot-assisted and AI-controlled - their King Onis, Burst Drones and the VX series are examples of this fact.

• The King Oni is one of the most feared pilot-assisted robots, and, for emphasis of this fact, its Radiant Eyebeams are more than capable of knocking out most units and their Bull Rushes are for heavier vehicles. Emperor Yoshiro had his custom King Oni in the Battle of Mt. Fuji (see Operation: To Tame a Living God), armed with Missiles and stronger Lasers, in addition to a distinguishable custom design.

• Massive, armed with 3 Wave-Force Katanas, three legs and one Omega Shockwave ability - these details pretty much sums up the devastating Shogun Executioner Experimental Battle Mech, exclusive to the Imperial perspective of WWIII.

• Like the Allied Armor Facility, Seaport and Airfield, the Empire's production centers have Repair Drones to repair nearby vehicles.

• Mecha Tengus and Striker VXs, like the King Oni, were pilot-assisted mechs that often require humans to control them, yet capable of using VX technology to adapt themselves to different combat purposes instantaneously - take the Tengu for example. Assault Mech in one moment, Fighter Jet the next, thanks to VX Technology.

• Burst Drones, being labeled as a dragonfly-shaped, AI-controlled bomb, can attach themselves to units to slow them down or Self-Destruct on them, in addition to spy-detection and its very high flying altitiude.

• Note to all Soviet Commanders: some of the Imperial mechs - the King Oni and the Tengu, for examples - were pilot-assisted, allowing Natasha to snipe their pilots, resulting in a Conscript taking over the designated Imperial mech.

• Also note to all Allied Commanders: Some of the Mechs the King Oni and the Tengu are easy to Bribe with spies.

[edit] Tutorial

In the Tutorial Datafile, the Empire of the Rising Sun, during the temporary ceasefire and for training purposes, manufactured replica target drones of units from all sides, including ones that resemble real live Soviet infantry, and the Commander-in-Training was told to eliminate them during Phase I of the Tutorial, which he did.

In Phase III, where they teach Unit special abilities, a Mecha Tengu, transformed into Jet Mode by the Commander-in-Training's orders, shot down a drone Cryocopter. 1 of 3 drone Apocalypse Tanks went out of control and the Tsunami dealt with it once the Commander-in-Training used the Hydrofoil's Scramblegun Jammer to neutralize it.

Further in Phase IV of the training datafile, the Tsunami Tank requested the Commander-in-Training to crush target drones that, much to the Tsunami's operator's dismay, look exactly like Imperial Warriors. Once all Imperial Warrior drones are destroyed, the Tsunami punished the Hammer Tank for doing that.

[edit] Uprising-Era

The Steel Ronin is one of the most infamous robots in Uprising.

The Uprising-era Steel Ronin is the latest and most current model of the Imperial Army's Mech force, promising to be a deadly close-quarters battle mech with its alledged Beam Naginata - which is revealed to be a ceremonial punishment suit turned bloodthirsty powered armor. It is an anti-armor powered suit that cannot be crushed obviously.

The crown jewel of Imperial robotics during the Uprising is, without a single shadow of a doubt, the Giga/Sky Fortress assault naval platform/anti-armor bomber, controlled by an advanced AI designed for their enemies' inevitable destruction, even if there will be no fellow Imperials left to fight with. It is rigged with, in Giga mode, the most devastating plasma bombardment systems imaginable and, in Sky mode, the God's Breath device, a super laser cannon so annihilating, it would make ordinary bad breath seem good.