As someone who lives in the Oceanic region, reading this, my thoughts/fears jump to how this will affect the balance of power between the US and China, which I

As someone who lives in the Oceanic region, reading this, my thoughts/fears jump to how this will affect the balance of power between the US and China, which I believe helps ASEAN and Aus/NZ to live in a state of relative self-determination at the moment. Are armies of cheap robots likely to shift the balance of power in favour of the large established super-powers or smaller nations? Or would they have an effect such as rendering the US Pacific Fleet redundant? It will be interesting and scary to watch it all play out.