China is converting old Soviet tanks into autonomous vehicles

Since 2014, a series of pictures have emerged of converted Chinese armored vehicles, which had been modified into autonomous robots with cameras and LIDAR for navigation. China is also offering smaller machine gun equipped robots for export, and has expended significant resources in building legged robots. While the ZTZ-59 robotic tank is strictly noncombatant for now, it will only be a matter of time until the PLA, like every other major military, deploys greater numbers of robotic vehicles. Are Weaponized'Crab Walker' Robots The Future Of Chinese Land Wars?