I played with SchallTankPlatoon and RoboTank for a while but could not reproduce the problem. I suspect it is related to one of the other mods. If you're willing to upload your saved game somewhere I can possibly use that to reproduce the issue.
In any case, I attempted a blind fix based on the stack trace you posted. Please try RoboTank 1.0.1, just released, and let me know whether it works.
However, be aware that making a RoboTank requires a vanilla tank as an ingredient, and SchallTankPlatoon disables the recipe for vanilla tank by default. You have to make a change to its configuration (in the GUI) to re-enable the vanilla tank recipe. Furthermore, although any of the modded vehicles can function as a commander, the RoboTanks themselves are just copies of the vanilla tank. You won't be able to let the AI drive any of the modded vehicles. If there is strong interest in that feature I might try to add it, but it will be a significant effort.