Meh, those bots suck. One good RPG and they're toast. Problem is, can't use them in civilised countries because of the risk of reverse-engineering if captured..so there's the combat use in China outdone.
Also counter-insurgency? Damn, someone's been reading the thesaurus again, last time I checked, wars are designed to "kill the enemy" not discriminate on their political basis for disagreement of aforementioned millitary action.
I think someone's just trying to show off again, I mean, Japan produces robots that can play Football and the best the US makes is a remote-controlled TANK?
Figures.