In the near future, YES VR/FPV with hand-held transmitter replaced by a realistic driving "cockpit". Next will be Nikola Tesla's wireless power tech. A Tesla Coil Generator will produce the electricity which you only need to pick out of the air with a low powered receiver in your RPV. Oh, and...
Going back to WW2 the Brits had wired mini tanks used to clear mine fields and then there were the early RPV target drones for Military gunner target practise training. Wireless- look up Nikola Tesla's 19th century RC BOAT! My first RC was a replica BIG GUFF with a radio tube transmitter...