Top 9 Military Robotics startups

Updated: Mar 19, 2026
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These startups are focusing on the development robotic weapon systems, autonomous transportation and de-mining robots, etc.
1
Gecko Robotics
Country: USA | Funding: $347.1M
Gecko Robotics produces robots and sensors for inspecting large military objects. The company has signed a multi-year contract with the US Navy to monitor the state and performance of installations and ships in the US Pacific Fleet. The company's software helps the organization monitor the condition of installations and recommend maintenance, preventing problems before they occur and reducing maintenance time and costs. Gecko robots can climb, crawl, swim, and fly to build first-order data layers on the physical world. The company then combines these data with the predictive power of AI into a single source of truth for the physical world.
2
Teledyne FLIR
Country: USA
Teledyne FLIR develops unmanned aerial systems (including Black Hornet), unmanned ground vehicles, military surveillance systems
3
Bone AI
Country: South Korea | Funding: $12M
Bone AI specializes in creating autonomous military robotics based on proprietary AI systems. It is developing a unified platform that integrates software, hardware, manufacturing (in Korea) and a supply chain in the US, Europe and other allied countries. The company develops next-generation autonomous aerial (UAV), ground (UGV) and maritime (USV) vehicles for defense and government customers. Its initial focus is on aerial drones for logistics and counter-drone defense. The company is engaged in research of advanced AI simulations, autonomy algorithms, embedded engineering, hardware design and physical AI.
4
Ghost Robotics
Country: USA | Funding: $1.5M
Ghost Robotics is focused on building a Q-UGV that is the best-in-class, working hand-in-hand with our customers, not just throwing a robot onto the market from the lab.
5
Mine Kafon
Country: Netherlands
Mine Kafon is an engineering firm that specializes to create a drone-based unmanned demining system.
6
Armtrac
Country: USA
Armtrac designs, manufactures, and sells directly and remotely operated demining machinery.
7
Eelume
Country: Norway
Eelume develops subsea self-propelled vehicles with autonomous robotic arms whose slender and flexible body can transit over long distances and carry out IMR in confined spaces not accessible by conventional underwater vehicles.
8
Swarmbotics AI
Country: USA
Ground swarm robotics for industry and defense.
9
5.0 Robotics
Country: Estonia
5.0 Robotics is a Field Manufacturing company that offers manufacturing solutions tailored to defense needs.
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