Ukrainian war robots with microphones and speakers are listening in and broadcasting surrender messages to Russian troops

Robots equipped with speakers and microphones are giving units more options in battle while limiting Ukrainian soldiers' exposure to the enemy.

DevDroid/Cover Images via Reuters Connect Ukraine's robots have speakers and microphones to gather intelligence and speak to enemy soldiers.

Units can send forward drones with microphones to gather intelligence on a position, a maker said.

And speakers mean they can tell Russian soldiers to surrender or aid their own comrades.

Ukraine's developers are equipping war robots with microphones and speakers to allow them to serve as mobile spies against Russia, to urge Russian soldiers to surrender, and to talk with their own comrades who need help.

Ukraine is increasingly using uncrewed ground vehicles to launch attacks, transport equipment, pick up wounded troops, and lay mines, while operators control them remotely from protected positions farther from danger.

They're also being used more and more for front-line communication and intelligence gathering.

Robots in Ukraine's rapidly growing fleet often include microphones, which can be used to detect Russian troops and weapon systems nearby.

Increasingly, the robots are also equipped with speakers that can talk to soldiers, allowing Ukrainians in dispersed fighting positions to communicatea nd ask for help, and even to try to persuade Russian soldiers to give up their fight.

DevDroid, a Ukrainian developer, recently started putting speakers on its robots that can play live and pre-recorded audio because sometimes "we need to say something to the enemy or maybe to our soldiers," Oleg Fedoryshyn, its director of R&D, told Business Insider.

Russian soldiers have been filmed surrendering to Ukrainian war robots , including some made by DevDroid.

Other Ukrainian companies, like Roboneers, have also shared examples of their robots broadcasting surrender messages to Russian soldiers.

Some Ukrainian units also say they have successfully played audio telling Russian soldiers to surrender from speakers on the aerial drones.

Ukraine's robots can go forward where it's too dangerous for soldiers and listen.