FLIR Systems / Teledyne FLIR · military or security robot
Kobra
CRS-H
A heavy tracked bomb-disposal robot with a long, strong arm. Selected as the US Army's Common Robotic System-Heavy.
- Price
- —US Army CRS-H contract up to $109M (5 years); 34 systems in the first order, about 350 if all options exercised.
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- 226.8 kgHeavier than 37%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- 12.9 km/hFaster than 48%
- Battery
- 10 hRuns longer than 82%
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Why it matters
Kobra (CRS-H) is on the market today.
Real-world use
US Army CRS-H programme (five-year contract worth up to $109 million)
Maker
FLIR Systems / Teledyne FLIRCompanyHow it stacks up
Against other military & security that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Kobra (CRS-H) is heavier than 37% of the 35 other military & security that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Kobra (CRS-H) is faster than 48% of the 31 other military & security that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Kobra (CRS-H) runs longer than 82% of the 11 other military & security that publish a battery. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, payload, joints, price.
Public attention
How much public attention Kobra (CRS-H) gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Tracks
- How it runs
- Remote-controlled. An operator tele-operates the vehicle and its heavy arm from a controller.
- Hands
- Heavy manipulator arm reaching about 3.5 m (11.5 ft) and lifting about 150 kg (330 lb)
- Other details
- Climbs Jersey barriers and fits in a standard utility vehicle; built for explosive ordnance disposal
From the maker
Kobra (CRS-H) is the only machine from FLIR Systems / Teledyne FLIR (derived from iRobot/Endeavor 710 line) in the atlas.
Watch Kobra (CRS-H)
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not publishedUS Army CRS-H contract up to $109M (5 years); 34 systems in the first order, about 350 if all options exercised.
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Where it is sold or used
- Teledyne FLIR, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, United States
- Customers and pilots
- US Army CRS-H programme (five-year contract worth up to $109 million)
News
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- FLIR Kobra wins Army heavy robot contract
The US Army chose Kobra over QinetiQ for its heavy Common Robotic System, in a deal worth up to $109 million.
Defense News
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | Kobra (CRS-H)FLIR Systems / Teledyne FLIR (derived from iRobot/Endeavor 710 line) |  T7 Multi-Mission Robotic SystemHarris Corporation (now L3Harris)Same job: bomb disposal · Both on tracks · Both on sale or in pilots |  Centaur (MTRS Inc II)Endeavor Robotics / FLIR Systems (now Teledyne FLIR)Same job: bomb disposal · Both on tracks · Both on sale or in pilots |
|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2019-11 | 2017-09 | 2017 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial |
| Height | — | — | — |
| Weight | 226.8 kg | 322 kg | 72.6 kg |
| Joints | — | — | — |
| Speed | 12.9 km/h | 7 km/h | — |
| Payload | — | — | — |
| Battery | 10 h | — | — |
| Price | — | — | — |
Sources
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