Otokar · military or security robot
ALPAR
A 15-tonne hybrid tracked robotic vehicle built in reconnaissance and anti-tank demonstrator versions for the Turkish Armed Forces.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- 15000 kgHeavier than 100%
- Payload
- 3000 kgCarries more than 78%
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
A prototype machine from Otokar.
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported yet.
Maker
OtokarCompany · founded 1963 · Arifiye, Sakarya, TurkeyHow it stacks up
Against other military & security that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
ALPAR is heavier than 100% of the 35 other military & security that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
ALPAR carries more than 78% of the 18 other military & security that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, speed, joints, battery, price.
Public attention
How much public attention ALPAR gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 2 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
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. Its maker says it can be remote controlled or drive autonomously, including a follow-me mode, with soldiers overseeing it; any weapon would need a person to authorise firing.
- Actuators & motors
- Serial hybrid powerpack: diesel generator with two 80 kW electric motors; tracked, six road wheels, torsion-bar suspension; steel or rubber tracks
- Sensors & vision
- Four 3D lidars (one per corner), two radars (front and rear) and cameras for autonomous movement
- Materials & build
- Tank-like steel-tracked chassis
- AI & software
- Teleoperated up to about 5 km by radio (further via GSM); autonomous modes; swarm behaviour planned
- Other details
- 15 t gross, 3 t payload; 6.25 x 2.75 x 1.5 m; reconnaissance and anti-tank configurations
From the maker
ALPAR is the only machine from Otokar in the atlas.
Watch ALPAR
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
- Two technology demonstrators (reconnaissance and anti-tank)
- Sold or delivered
- not sold
- Where it is sold or used
- Otokar, Arifiye (Sakarya), Turkey
News
The latest 2, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Otokar unveils 15-tonne ALPAR
EDR detailed the hybrid tracked UGV shown at IDEF 2023, with lidars, radars and a 3 t payload.
EDR Magazine - Otokar presents ALPAR at 60th anniversary
Otokar showed ALPAR at its Sakarya factory as a modular heavy UGV.
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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 | ALPAROtokar |  MarkerAndroidnaya Tekhnika (for the Advanced Research Foundation)Same jobs: reconnaissance, anti-armour · Both on tracks · Both in development |
|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2023-07-13 | 2019-10 |
| Status | Prototype | Prototype |
| Height | — | — |
| Weight | 15000 kg | — |
| Joints | — | — |
| Speed | — | — |
| Payload | 3000 kg | — |
| Battery | — | — |
| Price | — | — |
Sources
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