Digital Concepts Engineering (DCE) · military or security robot
X-series
X-2 / Universal Carrier
Small tracked robot carriers that grew from an agricultural project; the X-2 was shown at DSEI 2017 and the British Army ordered 15 X-series Universal Carriers in 2026.
- 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
Described as the British Army's first operational uncrewed ground vehicle capability (2026).
Real-world use
British Army
Maker
Digital Concepts Engineering (DCE)Company · Leicestershire, UKPublic attention
#20 of 396 current machines in public attention.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page
- 1 reported deployment
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; 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. Public reports describe it as a remotely controlled carrier for load carrying, casualty evacuation and surveillance; no routine unattended operation is described.
- Other details
- Roles: load carrying, casualty evacuation and surveillance
From the maker
X-series (X-2 / Universal Carrier) is the only machine from Digital Concepts Engineering in the atlas.
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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
- 15 Universal Carriers ordered by the British Army (2026)
- Where it is sold or used
- Leicestershire, UK; UGV factory planned at Hinckley
- Customers and pilots
- British Army
Where it works
1 reported deployment.
- Deployed
British Army · since 2026-06 · 15 units
The British Army chose DCE's X-series Universal Carrier for its first operational robot vehicle fleet, with first vehicles used on Exercise Rhino Storm in Germany. Initial order of 15 X-series Universal Carriers, first ones already with the Army (Jun 2026) UK Defence Journal
News
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- British Army picks DCE for first UGV fleet
The British Army ordered 15 X-series Universal Carriers as its first operational UGV fleet.
UK Defence Journal
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 | X-series (X-2 / Universal Carrier)Digital Concepts Engineering |  THeMISMilrem Robotics (majority-owned by EDGE Group)Same job: casualty evacuation · Both on tracks · Both on sale or in pilots |
|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2017-09 | 2015 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial |
| Height | — | 116 cm |
| Weight | — | 1815 kg |
| Joints | — | — |
| Speed | — | 20 km/h |
| Payload | — | 750 kg |
| Battery | — | 1.5 h |
| Price | — | — |
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