A French army soldier stands by a TEC800 Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV), produced by the French robotic company Angatec, carrying a surveillance drone at the military academy of Saint-Cyr-Coetquidan in Guer, western France on July 2, 2026. Ground robots have appeared by the thousands on the Ukrainian front. Amid the ferns and rolling valleys of the Coëtquidan military camp in Brittany, the French Army is preparing for "what comes next": robotic combat units made autonomous through artificial intelligence. (Photo by Fred TANNEAU / AFP via Getty Images)