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Author: hszmv1

May 18th 2017 at 8:31:42 AM

^ To invoke a classic software developer cliche, the difference between this trope and KillerRobot is that here, KillAllHumans is a feature, not a bug.

I think this would be about machines and robots that are purpose built to fight in war and serve no other purpose.  Are more likely to look less humanoid than other designs as all that they are required to do is to hold and fire a gun, and advance forward... which doesn't require the complexities of a humanoid design to accomplish.

As a clarification I have, does this count RealLife drone warfair (i.e. The device is piloted, but the pilot is not inside the craft) or is this strictly limited to only machines capable of independently navigating the battle field and correctly targeting an enemy combatant verses a friendly combatant (i.e. The Star Wars Battle Droids).

Again, this is slowly becoming RealLife as several militarizes are looking into practical applications of robotic ground forces, though these tend to look more like small vehicles with weapons mounted to them, rather than anything humanoid.