India’s state-owned defence establishments continue to hone existing robotic products and to create new ones, including development of three types of surveillance robots from the Centre for Artificial Intelligence & Robotics (CAIR) that can be controlled using AI.
The largest design from CAIR, a wing of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), is the Mini-UGV, a tracked robot suitable for urban rescue and surveillance tasks.
It can climb staircases, for example, and carry a 10kg payload consisting of LiDAR, monocular camera and RGB-D camera. It has a 4h endurance though its Wi-Fi link limits its range to about 200m.
Our news & analysis is now part of Defence Insight®
A Basic-level or higher Defence Insight subscription is now required to view this content.
As countries increasingly move away from Chinese drone manufacturing and focus on domestic production and collaboration, Europe and the US are well-placed to step in – although cost remains a crucial consideration.
Although the Replicator initiative has made several accomplishments, there are still multiple gaps to plug across the US Department of Defense (DoD) and its services.
Cummings Aerospace presented its turbojet-powered Hellhound loitering munition at SOF Week 2025, offering a man-portable solution aligned with the US Army’s LASSO requirements.
PDW has revealed its Attritable Multirotor First Person View drone at SOF Week 2025, offering special operations forces a low-cost, rapidly deployable platform for strike and ISR missions, inspired by battlefield lessons from Ukraine.
Teledyne FLIR is highlighting the emerging requirements for 'recoverable and re-usable' loitering munitions across the contemporary operating environment during this week’s SOF Week conference in Tampa, Florida.
High-performance maritime industry player Kraken Technology Group, based in the UK, has used the SOF Week conference in Tampa, Florida this week to debut its K3 Scout uncrewed surface vessel (USV) to the North American market.
Connect with us on socials
