Maybe this error is related to the OP's one? It happens when a droid assembling machine deploys a battle droid.
The mod Robot Army (2.4.23) caused a non-recoverable error.
Please report this error to the mod author.
Error while running event robotarmy::on_tick (ID 0)
Unknown interface: unit_controll
stack traceback:
[C]: in function 'call'
robotarmy/robolib/eventhandlers.lua:342: in function 'processDroidAssemblers'
robotarmy/robolib/eventhandlers.lua:433: in function 'tickForces'
robotarmy/robolib/eventhandlers.lua:552: in function <robotarmy/robolib/eventhandlers.lua:549>