With UAVs being common throughout the world, why aren’t there many unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) being used for military applications yet?

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With UAVs being common throughout the world, why aren’t there many unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) being used for military applications yet?

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People are mentioning the navigation issue a lot, which is a very big part. Another big part is also the simplicity of the actual movement. To go in air, you need a spinny piece. To go in water, you need a spinny piece. To go on land to need several spinny pieces working at different rates, or spinny pieces connected to lever pieces and springy pieces, or etc