SWORD International · robot dog
SPUR on Vision 60
Special Purpose Unmanned Rifle
A rifle module built for unmanned platforms, shown mounted on a Ghost Robotics Vision 60 robot dog at the AUSA show in 2021.
- 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
One of the first publicly shown rifle-armed robot dogs in the West.
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported yet.
Maker
SWORD InternationalCompany · United StatesPublic attention
How much public attention SPUR (Special Purpose Unmanned Rifle) on Vision 60 gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 2 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
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What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Walks on legs
- How it runs
- Remote-controlled. The rifle module is aimed and fired by a remote human operator; it was shown only as a prototype.
- Hands
- No manipulator on the SPUR configuration; a separate 6-DoF arm for Vision 60 was launched in December 2025
- Sensors & vision
- Payload has a 30x optical zoom and thermal camera (as reported at AUSA 2021)
- Battery & power
- Vision 60 base: 3+ hours walking or 20+ hours standby
- Materials & build
- Vision 60 base is IP67
- Other details
- Payload by SWORD International on Ghost Robotics' Vision 60 (10 kg payload capacity); remote load, safe and clear functions are operator-controlled
From the maker
SPUR (Special Purpose Unmanned Rifle) on Vision 60 is the only machine from SWORD International (on a Ghost Robotics Vision 60) 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
- Sold or delivered
- No confirmed sale found
- Where it is sold or used
- United States
News
The latest 2, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Ghost Robotics adds arm to Vision 60
Ghost Robotics launched a 6-DoF backdrivable manipulator arm for its Vision 60 quadruped.
The Robot Report - Rifle-armed robot dog shown at AUSA
Fox News reported the SWORD payload on a Ghost Robotics quadruped at the AUSA meeting.
Fox News
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 | SPUR (Special Purpose Unmanned Rifle) on Vision 60SWORD International (on a Ghost Robotics Vision 60) | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useRifle-armed robot dog (Golden Dragon 2024)Unitree Robotics platform (reported) used by the PLASame job: armed demonstration · Both walk · Both in development |
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| First shown | 2021-10-11 | 2024-05-16 |
| Status | Prototype | Prototype |
| Height | — | — |
| Weight | — | 50 kg |
| Joints | — | — |
| Speed | — | — |
| Payload | — | — |
| Battery | — | — |
| Price | — | — |
Sources
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