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Type-X
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PrototypeEstoniaArmedSupervised

Milrem Robotics · military or security robot

Type-X

A 12-tonne tracked robotic combat vehicle designed to carry a medium-calibre turret and work alongside crewed armoured vehicles.

Price
—Not published
Height
—Not published
Weight
12000 kgHeavier than 94%
Payload
4100 kgCarries more than 94%
Speed
80.0 km/hFaster than 90%
Battery
—Not published
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Why it matters

A prototype machine from Milrem Robotics.

Real-world use

No customers or deployments reported yet.

Timeline

First shown
2020-06
Released
2020
Type-X unveiled (ERR report, 18 June 2020)

Maker

Milrem RoboticsCompany · founded 2013 · Tallinn, Estonia

Majority-owned by EDGE Group

How it stacks up

Against other military & security that publish the figure. Pick a measure.

  1. Type-XMilrem Robotics · 202012000 kg
  2. Ripsaw M5 (RCV-M)Howe & Howe / Textron Systems · 20194100 kg
  3. Mission Master XTRheinmetall Canada (Rheinmetall Group) · 20212217 kg
  4. IroncladRoboneers · 20181800 kg
  5. HR-Sherpa (Multi-Purpose UGV)Hyundai Rotem · 20221600 kg
  6. ROOKElbit Systems and Roboteam · 20211200 kg
  7. Kobra (CRS-H)FLIR Systems / Teledyne FLIR (derived from iRobot/Endeavor 710 line) · 2019226.8 kg
  8. AstroAmazon · 20219.3 kg

Type-X is heavier than 94% of the 35 other military & security that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.

Weight 12000 kg 0.5 kg15000 kg #2 of 36 · heavier than 94%

Not published by the maker: height, joints, battery, price.

Public attention

How much public attention Type-X gets, from open data.

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
Supervised. It is designed for remote driving plus follow-me and waypoint autonomy with a human in the loop, and its weapons need a person to fire.
Actuators & motors
Tracked; electric drive with a diesel generator (hybrid-electric)
Materials & build
About 12 t; 4.1 t payload
AI & software
Remote operator with AI assistance and follow-me convoy driving
Other details
Designed to carry turrets up to a 50 mm cannon; a loitering-munition launcher variant was announced with UVision in October 2020

Lineage

Every Milrem Robotics machine in order.

  1. THeMISTHeMIS2015In service
  2. Type-XType-X2020Prototype
  3. HAVOC 8x8 RCVHAVOC 8x8 RCV2025Concept

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
Passed initial mobility tests in January 2021 (Milrem Robotics, 2021)
Where it is sold or used
Tallinn, Estonia

News

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

  1. Milrem presents Type-X robotic combat vehicle

    Milrem introduced the Type-X as an unmanned fire-support vehicle, its second UGV after THeMIS.

    Milrem Robotics

Sources

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

Milrem Robotics Milrem Robotics rolls out its new Type-X RCV Milrem Robotics Type-X globalsecurity.org Type-X: how it is operated

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