Progress Scientific Research Institute (Izhevsk) · military or security robot
Platform-M
A small tracked armed robot with day/night sensors, shown in Kaliningrad in 2014 for patrol and site-guarding roles.
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Why it matters
A prototype machine from Progress Scientific Research Institute (Izhevsk).
Real-world use
Russian Baltic Fleet units in Kaliningrad (exercises)
Timeline
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
Progress Scientific Research Institute (Izhevsk)Company · Izhevsk, RussiaPublic attention
How much public attention Platform-M gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page
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What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Tracks
- How it runs
- Remote-controlled. Shown as remote-controlled by an operator; any weapon use would need a person to authorise it.
- Actuators & motors
- Tracked chassis
- Sensors & vision
- Day and night optical sensors and a radar reconnaissance station in a stabilised observation head
- Other details
- Operator control range reported at about 5-6 km; armed with a machine gun and grenade launchers (as reported)
From the maker
Platform-M is the only machine from Progress Scientific Research Institute (Izhevsk) in the atlas.
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
- Where it is sold or used
- Izhevsk, Russia (Progress scientific research institute)
- Customers and pilots
- Russian Baltic Fleet units in Kaliningrad (exercises)
News
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- Russia tests combat robots in Kaliningrad
Defence24 reported Platform-M units arriving in Kaliningrad, appearing in the 9 May parade and used in an anti-terror exercise.
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Sources
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