AeroArc (reported) · robot dog
MULE
Multi-Utility Legged Equipment
A robot dog with thermal cameras and radar for forward and high-altitude areas; the Indian Army ordered 100, and weapon-carrying versions were shown at the 2026 Republic Day rehearsal.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- 12 kgCarries more than 33%
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
MULE (Multi-Utility Legged Equipment) is on the market today.
Real-world use
Indian Army
Maker
AeroArc (reported)Company · New Delhi, IndiaHow it stacks up
Against other robot dogs that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
MULE (Multi-Utility Legged Equipment) carries more than 33% of the 27 other robot dogs that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, weight, speed, joints, battery, price.
Public attention
How much public attention MULE (Multi-Utility Legged Equipment) gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 3 news stories 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
- Walks on legs
- How it runs
- Supervised. Reports say it can run preloaded missions on its own or be steered remotely over Wi-Fi or LTE, with soldiers in control; any mounted weapon needs a person to fire it.
- Sensors & vision
- Thermal cameras and radar reported by the Indian Army; later reports add AI cameras and lidar
- Compute
- NVIDIA processors (as reported)
- Battery & power
- Up to 20 hours (as reported)
- Other details
- Payload 12 kg; about 51 kg; can be fitted with small arms; also used for search and rescue
From the maker
MULE (Multi-Utility Legged Equipment) is the only machine from AeroArc (reported) 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
- Built
- 100 ordered in September 2023; first 25 delivered June 2024
- Sold or delivered
- 100 ordered by the Indian Army
- Where it is sold or used
- India (supplier reported as AeroArc, New Delhi)
- Customers and pilots
- Indian Army
Where it works
1 reported deployment.
- Deployed
Indian Army · Front-line units · since 2024-06 · 100 units
The Indian Army inducted robot-dog MULEs for surveillance and light load carrying with front-line units. 100 ordered under emergency procurement; first 25 delivered June 2024 The Tribune (India)
News
The latest 3, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Indian Army uses robot mules in Myanmar quake relief
The Army deployed its robotic mules and nano drones for search and rescue in Myanmar under Operation Brahma.
India Today - Robot dogs inducted into Indian Army
The first 25 of 100 ordered robots arrived in June and were sent to front-line units.
The Tribune - Indian Army unveils MULE
The Army showed the MULE at North-Tech Symposium 2023 with a 12 kg payload.
The Defense Post
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. How we choose
| Measure | MULE (Multi-Utility Legged Equipment)AeroArc (reported) |  B2Unitree RoboticsSame job: carrying loads · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots |  TrakrAddverb (Reliance Industries)Same job: surveillance · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots |
|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2023-09 | 2023-11-03 | 2024-02-28 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial |
| Height | — | 65 cm | — |
| Weight | — | 60 kg | — |
| Joints | — | — | — |
| Speed | — | 21.6 km/h | — |
| Payload | 12 kg | 40 kg | — |
| Battery | — | 6 h | — |
| Price | — | — | — |
Sources
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