Ukrainian startups are developing a low-cost robot army to combat Russia, leveraging innovation in secret workshops due to manpower shortages and uneven international aid. Around 250 defense startups are creating unmanned vehicles, like the Odyssey, which costs $35,000—10% of an imported model’s price. These workshops, resembling rural car repair shops, produce various unmanned air, ground, and marine vehicles. A new military branch, the Unmanned Systems Forces, was established in May to integrate these technologies into Ukraine’s defense strategy.