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REX MKII
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Israel Aerospace Industries (ELTA) · military or security robot

REX MKII

A semi-autonomous 4x4 robot controlled by tablet that can carry two machine guns, supplies or a wounded soldier.

Price
—Not published
Height
—Not published
Weight
—Not published
Payload
—Not published
Speed
—Not published
Battery
—Not published

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Why it matters

A prototype machine from Israel Aerospace Industries (ELTA).

Real-world use

No customers or deployments reported yet.

Timeline

First shown
2021-09-13
Released
Not yet
Unveiled by IAI

Maker

Israel Aerospace Industries (ELTA)Company · Lod, Israel

Public attention

How much public attention REX MKII 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
Wheeled base
How it runs
Supervised. An operator controls it by tablet, while movement and surveillance can run autonomously; its guns need a person to fire.
Actuators & motors
Four-wheel drive
Sensors & vision
Cameras and sensors for intelligence gathering (not itemised)
AI & software
Remote control from an electronic tablet; semi-autonomous functions
Other details
Can mount two machine guns; can carry supplies and injured soldiers

Lineage

Every Israel Aerospace Industries (ELTA) machine in order.

  1. No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useJaguar2021In service
  2. REX MKIIREX MKII2021Prototype

Made, sold and where

Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.

Price
Not published
How to get one
No official buying page found
Sold or delivered
No customers named; the IDF was using a smaller IAI vehicle, Jaguar, on the Gaza border at the time
Where it is sold or used
Israel

News

The latest 1, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.

  1. IAI unveils REX MKII

    Israel Aerospace Industries showed a tablet-controlled armed UGV for border patrol and logistics.

    Associated Press via News4JAX

Sources

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

AP via News4Jax Israeli firm unveils armed robot to patrol volatile borders Al Jazeera Israeli firm introduces armed combat drone to patrol borders thedefensepost.com REX MKII: how it is operated Israel Aerospace Industries IAI Unveils Rex MK II: A New Multi-Mission Unmanned Land Vehicle

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