So, the use of a robotic machinegun to take out a political opponent via remote satellite link? That sounds like something that might raise an eyebrow or two among the world's espionage community. https://www.engadget.com/israel-remote-control-iran-scientist-assassination-144746205.html
True, and Dick Tracy had a cool Apple Watch-like wrist radio for communications back in the 1940's. Sometimes reality takes awhile to catch up with fiction. In this case, I'm not sure it's an advancement for society though.
This is what drones are...robot assassination machines with satelite command promps.....it's not new technology