They have plenty of powerful droids. But those droids win by virtue of sheer firepower, shields, and numbers. You don't get the sense that they're individually more competent than a human. They're just soldiers that happen to be robots. 1-3 is generally not aligned with 4-9 either way and this series takes place in 6.1.
If we're in a world where the "robot advantage" exists, you'd have to question why humans pilot the ships, or man the turets, or what not.
If we're in a world where the "robot advantage" exists, you'd have to question why humans pilot the ships, or man the turets, or what not.