- Title: German startup creates AI operated military robot
- Date: 27th March 2025
- Summary: OBERDING, GERMANY (MARCH 27, 2025) (REUTERS) STEFAN ROEBEL AND ARX ROBOTICS EMPLOYEE INSPECTING THE "GEREON RCS" ROBOT (SOUNDBITE) (English) STEFAN ROEBEL, COO ARX ROBOTICS, SAYING: “At the moment the equipment, the unmanned ground systems are split. So, we sent 30 robots to the Ukrainian armed forces to support them in their current conflict. At the same time, we have ove
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- Keywords: ARX Robotics Germany NATO Ukraine defence systems military rcs vehicle
- Location: OBERDING, NEUBIBERG/ GERMANY
- City: OBERDING, NEUBIBERG/ GERMANY
- Country: Germany
- Topics: Defence,Europe,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA004203027032025RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: German startup ARX Robotics has developed an AI-powered military robot called 'GEREON RCS'.
The unmanned ground vehicle uses Artificial Intelligence for autonomous navigation and obstacle avoidance. According to company COO Stefan Roebel, 30 units have already been deployed to support Ukrainian forces while 15 others are in use with various European armed forces.
"In Ukraine we are providing more logistical support and medevac (medical evacuation) support. In Europe it's more developing technical solutions like unmanned surveillance of large areas", Roebel said.
Christian Hoesle, Managing Director of the Palladion Defence Accelerator at the University of the Bundeswehr Munich, told Reuters that startups such as ARX Robotics are crucial for defence innovation: "They make the difference by taking paths that many may shy away from, that are also risky."
ARX Robotics cites speed and adaptability as their main advantages. "We can develop things fairly quick, we can adapt to market situations super quickly and we see ourselves not as a competitor, but more like an addition to the current market, because the current fleets are super expensive, highly technical, and they will not be able to survive going forward", said Roebel, who also called for a fixed percentage of German defence spending boost to be allocated to startups.
Germany's parliament approved plans for a massive spending surge on March 18, throwing off decades of fiscal conservatism in hopes of reviving economic growth and scaling up military spending for a new era of European collective defence.
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