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Gereon RCS
A medium-class tracked unmanned ground vehicle built for front-line operations. It carries up to 500 kg, reaches 15 km/h, operates for up to 72 hours on a single charge and covers a range of 40 km. The modular ARX attachment system allows rapid reconfiguration for reconnaissance, casualty evacuation, logistics and effector carriage. Thermal night vision cameras are standard and control range extends to 4 km.
Mithra OS
An AI-driven autonomy and fleet-digitisation software platform that can be installed on new or existing military vehicles. Mithra OS fuses sensor data for real-time situational awareness, enables swarm coordination and manned-unmanned teaming, and delivers capability updates over the air without operational downtime. It forms the software backbone of both the Gereon RCS and Hector platforms.
Hector
A medium-class optionally-manned wheeled UGV designed for higher-speed tactical missions. Available in combustion and electric variants, Hector reaches up to 120 km/h, carries 500 kg and can be operated manually, by teleoperation up to 4 km or in full autonomous mode. Built on Mithra OS, it supports reconnaissance, tactical logistics, effector carriage and convoy platooning.
Videos
GEREON RCS Explained – ARX Robotics Modular UGV
ARX Robotics Presented the Hector System
About
ARX Robotics was founded in 2022 in Munich by three former Bundeswehr officers — Marc Wietfeld (CEO), Maximilian Wied (CFO) and Stefan Roebel (COO) — as a spin-off from the Gereon research project at the University of the Bundeswehr Munich. The company builds autonomous mobile robotic systems and software platforms for European and allied armed forces, with a stated mission to secure European defence technology sovereignty.
Offices
Munich, GermanyBerlin, GermanyLondon, United KingdomBacked by
HV CapitalSpeedinvestOmnes CapitalNATO Innovation FundProject A VenturesDiscovery VenturesLakestarInterface CapitalHeliad
Customers & Partners
British ArmyUkrainian Armed ForcesSupacat
Timeline
2026-04
Secured first British Army contract through Task Force RAPSTONE for UK-manufactured Gereon UGVs with ISR payloads, and launched UK production facility.
2025-11
Delivered 30 Gereon RCS units to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the largest fleet of European-built UGVs supplied to Ukraine, financed by the German government.
2025-07
Extended Series A by €11M led by Speedinvest, bringing total funding raised to €42M.
2025-04
Closed €31M Series A led by HV Capital, with participation from Omnes Capital, NATO Innovation Fund and Project A Ventures.
2024
Raised €9M seed round led by Project A Ventures with participation from NATO Innovation Fund and Discovery Ventures.
2022
Founded in Munich by Marc Wietfeld, Maximilian Wied and Stefan Roebel as a spin-off from the Gereon research project at the University of the Bundeswehr Munich.
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Products & Solutions
Gereon RCS
A medium-class tracked unmanned ground vehicle built for front-line operations. It carries up to 500 kg, reaches 15 km/h, operates for up to 72 hours on a single charge and covers a range of 40 km. The modular ARX attachment system allows rapid reconfiguration for reconnaissance, casualty evacuation, logistics and effector carriage. Thermal night vision cameras are standard and control range extends to 4 km.
Mithra OS
An AI-driven autonomy and fleet-digitisation software platform that can be installed on new or existing military vehicles. Mithra OS fuses sensor data for real-time situational awareness, enables swarm coordination and manned-unmanned teaming, and delivers capability updates over the air without operational downtime. It forms the software backbone of both the Gereon RCS and Hector platforms.
Hector
A medium-class optionally-manned wheeled UGV designed for higher-speed tactical missions. Available in combustion and electric variants, Hector reaches up to 120 km/h, carries 500 kg and can be operated manually, by teleoperation up to 4 km or in full autonomous mode. Built on Mithra OS, it supports reconnaissance, tactical logistics, effector carriage and convoy platooning.
Videos
GEREON RCS Explained – ARX Robotics Modular UGV
ARX Robotics Presented the Hector System
About
ARX Robotics was founded in 2022 in Munich by three former Bundeswehr officers — Marc Wietfeld (CEO), Maximilian Wied (CFO) and Stefan Roebel (COO) — as a spin-off from the Gereon research project at the University of the Bundeswehr Munich. The company builds autonomous mobile robotic systems and software platforms for European and allied armed forces, with a stated mission to secure European defence technology sovereignty.
Offices
Munich, GermanyBerlin, GermanyLondon, United KingdomBacked by
HV CapitalSpeedinvestOmnes CapitalNATO Innovation FundProject A VenturesDiscovery VenturesLakestarInterface CapitalHeliad
Customers & Partners
British ArmyUkrainian Armed ForcesSupacat
Timeline
2026-04
Secured first British Army contract through Task Force RAPSTONE for UK-manufactured Gereon UGVs with ISR payloads, and launched UK production facility.
2025-11
Delivered 30 Gereon RCS units to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the largest fleet of European-built UGVs supplied to Ukraine, financed by the German government.
2025-07
Extended Series A by €11M led by Speedinvest, bringing total funding raised to €42M.
2025-04
Closed €31M Series A led by HV Capital, with participation from Omnes Capital, NATO Innovation Fund and Project A Ventures.
2024
Raised €9M seed round led by Project A Ventures with participation from NATO Innovation Fund and Discovery Ventures.
2022
Founded in Munich by Marc Wietfeld, Maximilian Wied and Stefan Roebel as a spin-off from the Gereon research project at the University of the Bundeswehr Munich.
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