NORINCO (China North Industries Group) · military or security robot
Sharp Claw I
A small tracked robot with a light machine gun that can be carried by its larger Sharp Claw II partner. Confirmed in PLA service in 2020.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- 60 cmTaller than 40%
- Weight
- 120 kgHeavier than 20%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- 9.0 km/hFaster than 26%
- Battery
- 2 hRuns longer than 18%
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Why it matters
Sharp Claw I is on the market today.
Real-world use
A December 2021 report (cited by Army Recognition) said 88 were sent to Tibet.
Maker
NORINCO (China North Industries Group)Company · founded 1980 · Beijing, ChinaState-owned; subject to US sanctions and investment bans
How it stacks up
Against other military & security that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Sharp Claw I is taller than 40% of the 10 other military & security that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Sharp Claw I is heavier than 20% of the 35 other military & security that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Sharp Claw I is faster than 26% of the 31 other military & security that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Sharp Claw I runs longer than 18% of the 11 other military & security that publish a battery. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: payload, joints, price.
Public attention
How much public attention Sharp Claw I gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page
- 1 reported deployment
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What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Tracks
- How it runs
- Remote-controlled. Reports say it is driven by a human operator by remote control, with claimed autonomous scouting, and firing needs human permission.
- Actuators & motors
- Rubber-tracked chassis with an electric motor; about 9 km/h and 6 km range
- Sensors & vision
- Electro-optical head with day and infrared night cameras (about 1 km detection)
- Other details
- 120 kg; radio control up to 800 m or 100 m by cable; carries a light machine gun (as reported)
Lineage
Every NORINCO (China North Industries) machine in order.
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
- Built
- A December 2021 press report cited by Army Recognition said 88 were sent to Tibet
- Customers and pilots
- People's Liberation Army (service confirmed April 2020)
Where it works
1 reported deployment.
- Deployed
People's Liberation Army Ground Force · since 2020-04
China's army confirmed in April 2020 that the Sharp Claw I ground robot had entered service. Janes
News
The latest 1, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Report of Sharp Claw robots sent to Tibet
A press report cited by Army Recognition said 88 units went to Tibet, 38 of them to the border region.
Army Recognition
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. Few robots match closely, so these are the nearest matches. How we choose
| Measure | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useSharp Claw INORINCO (China North Industries) |  MilošMilitary Technical Institute (designer); PPT Namenska (maker)Same jobs: reconnaissance, fire support · Both on tracks · Both on sale or in pilots |  Uran-9JSC 766 UPTK (later Kalashnikov Concern)Same job: fire support · Both on tracks · Both on sale or in pilots |  UKAPKatmerciler (with ASELSAN SARP turret)Same job: fire support · Both on tracks · Both on sale or in pilots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2014-11 | 2017 | 2016-09 | 2017-05 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial |
| Height | 60 cm | — | 250 cm | — |
| Weight | 120 kg | 430 kg | 10000 kg | — |
| Joints | — | — | — | — |
| Speed | 9 km/h | 12.5 km/h | 35 km/h | — |
| Payload | — | — | — | — |
| Battery | 2 h | — | — | — |
| Price | — | — | — | — |
Sources
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