Photo from QinetiQ @ wired.com
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/02/1-in-50-troops-robots/
Here's an article from Wired about how one in 50 U.S. troops in Afghanistan is actually a robot. It's not some terrifying undercover android scenario, but in fact there are around 2,000 different robots sent out there for bomb disposal, manning (well, roboting) checkpoints, and other cool (and, in some cases, classified) activities. It's not clear how many of the 2,000 robots are actually in active use, but there is evidence that the robots have definitely saved human lives, by going ahead and sweeping for bombs.
There's also an interesting point made that they already widely use airbots, such as unmanned scout planes, since there's less of a problem with bumping into things when you're in the air. Who knows - maybe with more developments in robots-not-bumping-into-things technology, we could see a more harrowing all-robot combat scenario, like from Terminator or something. Or, you know, just use robots to save more lives and stuff.
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