The R.O.B. Sentries are robots loyal to the Ancient Minister (the playable R.O.B.). The R.O.B. Sentry uses a two-armed punch attack. Two R.O.B. Sentries are sacrificed at a time to detonate a Subspace Bomb. R.O.B. Blasters and R.O.B. Launchers are more advanced varieties of R.O.B. Sentries.
On a side note, R.O.B. Sentries are one of three Subspace Army enemies to appear in at least one cutscene.
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