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Roboteam

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רובו-טים דיפנס בע"מ
www.robo-team.com

A private Israeli company, developer and manufacturer of combat robots. Subsidiary of Elbit Systems

ROBOTEAM was founded by two veterans of the Israeli military Special Forces Units.

The company supplies robots to the Israeli military.

The company’s robots are developed in close coordination with the Israeli military and designed for its needs with the investment of the Israeli Ministry of Defense's Directorate of Defense Research & Development. Some of the company's sales were acquired with US aid funds. The company has a production facility in the USA.

Roboteam provided dozens of robots to the Israeli military Infantry Corps and the Israeli military's “counter-terror school” for training purposes. 

Gaza

In 2014, Roboteam robots were used by the Israeli military during its 50-day attack on Gaza, which left over 2,200 people dead.

In collaboration with the Israeli military’s mainland technology division, the company developed the Israeli military’s first battlefield robot, “Roni” (Hebrew acronym for “dedicated portable robot”). In December 2017, the Roni went under its first operational tests by the Israeli military in the occupied West Bank and on the besieged Gaza border. 

The Roni Micro Tactical Ground Robot (MTGR) weighs 15 Kg and takes two infantrymen to control and carry. It’s mainly used for mapping, particularly in built-up and underground areas. The robot has a set of advanced thermal and night vision cameras that can record in 360 degrees, using infrared lights and sensors that can transmit an image to a distance of up to dozens of meters, even when the robot is underground. The Roni is in use by the special forces combat engineering unit, the Commando infantry brigade, and the elite reconnaissance units of the infantry brigades.

Roboteam also provides the Israeli military with the armed “Probot V2” UGV (unmanned ground vehicle), used by Israeli Engineering Paratroopers.

Roboteam and parent company Elbit Systems jointly developed the "Rook" UVG, a robotic unmanned ground vehicle, which can operate autonomously or as part of a coordinated swarm of multiple unmanned vehicles. The Rook is a fully autonomous and designed to operate alongside a force on the field. It can carry payloads of up to 1,200 kg, navigate rough terrain day and night to deliver supplies, evacuate casualties, perform surveillance and intelligence-gathering missions, and operate as a remote weapon system and loitering munitions.

Roboteam also developed in collaboration with Smart Shooter company an autonomous combat robot equipped with a firing position with an AI-based sight.