Drones

Drones, more officially known as military robots, are robots designed for military applications. These may be AI-governed, "dumb"-autonomous or remote-controlled, and may be able to traverse land, sea, air or space. Drones have a wide array of battlefield uses, from direct combat to saving injured troops or civilians.

Non-Human examples
According to Kuan defectors, the use of drones is viewed as dishonourable in their society. However, to bolster their troop numbers the Kuans still use a large amount of drones, such as the Watcher, a mechanical aerial support and reconnaissance unit. Direct combat drones thus far encountered by Imperial forces include Crawlers and Knights, with the former being a quadruped melee-oriented skirmish unit and the latter a roughly humanoid infantry unit.

The Nekari make use of two main types of drones that have been observed as of yet. The Nekari Scout Drone is a small, sphere-shaped aerial drone capable of carrying out scouting activities for the less manoeuvrable Tiakyinn'wiyeh formations. Another drone is what has been termed the Nekari Mantis, a combat robot modelled after a type of sea insect and armed with four weapon mounts. This is by far the most widely piece of Nekari land technology, and appears to be used as a basic foot soldier.

One of the most bizarre types of drones are the Kongōsho of the Akumahebi OverPack. These are not robots, but are actually an artificial race of genetically-engineered hive-mind creatures capable of surviving in space. The Akumahebi control the creatures remotely via select members of their own species who are genetically modified with the ability to "join" the Kongōsho hive-mind and direct their actions.