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Guardium
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DiscontinuedIsraelArmed

G-NIUS · military or security robot

Guardium

A wheeled robotic patrol vehicle used by the Israel Defense Forces along the Gaza border.

Price
—Not published
Height
—Not published
Weight
1400 kgHeavier than 69%
Payload
—Not published
Speed
80.0 km/hFaster than 90%
Battery
—Not published
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Why it matters

A discontinued machine from G-NIUS (Israel Aerospace Industries and Elbit Systems joint venture).

Real-world use

No customers or deployments reported yet.

Timeline

First shown
2016
Released
2016-04
First public showing date not established; Guardium was described in contemporary reporting on 3 July 2006

Maker

G-NIUSCompany

How it stacks up

Against other military & security that publish the figure. Pick a measure.

  1. Uran-9JSC 766 UPTK (later Kalashnikov Concern) · 201610000 kg
  2. THeMISMilrem Robotics (majority-owned by EDGE Group) · 20151815 kg
  3. GuardiumG-NIUS (Israel Aerospace Industries and Elbit Systems joint venture) · 20161400 kg
  4. Sharp Claw IINORINCO (China North Industries) · 20161000 kg
  5. ColossusShark Robotics · 2017485 kg
  6. MilošMilitary Technical Institute (designer); PPT Namenska (maker) · 2017430 kg
  7. K5Knightscope · 2015180.5 kg
  8. Cobalt indoor security robotCobalt Robotics · 201768 kg

Guardium is heavier than 69% of the 35 other military & security that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.

Weight 1400 kg 0.5 kg15000 kg #12 of 36 · heavier than 69%

Not published by the maker: height, payload, joints, battery, price.

Public attention

A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current machines.

  • 1,310 views of its Wikipedia article in the last 90 days (Guardium)
  • No recent press stories listed yet

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What’s inside

No component details published yet.

Movement
Wheeled base

From the maker

Guardium is the only machine from G-NIUS (Israel Aerospace Industries and Elbit Systems joint venture) in the atlas.

Made, sold and where

No production or sales figures published yet.

Price
Not published
How to get one
No official buying page found

Sources

Figures come from press coverage. Every link below backs something on this page.

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