The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies ARX Robotics: 2 models, 8 deployments across 4 regions, $34.0M raised. 3 sources back the record.
CategoryDefense UGV
Overview
ARX Robotics is a German defense technology company founded in 2022 by former German Army officers, developing autonomous unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) for military applications. The company's flagship GEREON UGV platform has been tested and deployed by several European armed forces, including Germany, Ukraine, and the UK.
ARX Robotics raised EUR31M in Series A funding (led by HV Capital) with EUR40M total funding, and opened Europe's largest UGV production facility, becoming the leading UGV supplier to key European markets.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 8 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries A post-money
Key facts
CEO
Co-founder
Total fundingsee investors →
Production
GEREON unmanned ground vehicle
HECTOR software-defined ground system
Data & sources
Web sources
3
3 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (2)
View all models →Current platform
Combat GEREON
Combat-capable UGV developed by ARX Robotics with Ukrainian combat insights, carrying up to 500 kg payload for frontline battlefield tasks.
Current platform
GEREON UGV
ARX Robotics is a German defense technology company founded in 2022 by former German Army officers, developing autonomous unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) for military applications. The company's flagship [GEREON UGV](/models/gereon) platform has been tested and deployed by several European armed forces, including Germany, Ukraine, and the UK. ARX Robotics raised EUR31M in Series A funding (led by HV Capital) with EUR40M total funding, and opened Europe's largest UGV production facility, becoming the leading UGV supplier to key European markets.
Partnerships
Every company ARX Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Roboneers1× joint
Most recent
- ARX Robotics x Roboneers Ukraine JV2026-07-01with Roboneersoperating
ARX Robotics on the deployment map
View the global map8 verified deployments across 4 regions, newest verified Jul 2026. Explore where ARX Robotics's robots are operating, by place and type.
- pilotGEREON UGV at Fort Irwin, California, USA →West Coast · verified Jul 2026
- operationalCombat GEREON at Ukraine →Ukraine · verified Aug 2025
- pilotGEREON UGV at United Kingdom →Western Europe · verified Jun 2025
- operationalGEREON UGV at Lithuania →Western Europe · verified Apr 2025
- operationalGEREON UGV at Slovakia →Western Europe · verified Jun 2024
- operationalGEREON UGV at Germany →Western Europe · verified May 2024
- operationalGEREON UGV at Grafenwöhr Training Area →Germany · verified Jan 2024
- operationalGEREON UGV at Ukraine →Ukraine · verified Jan 2024
View the full ARX Robotics deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (3)
- Maximilian Wied Co-founder and CFOsecondary-verified
- Marc Wietfeld Co-founder and CEOsecondary-verified
- Stefan Roebel Co-founder and COOsecondary-verified
Founders (3)
- Stefan Roebelcofounderfounded 2022-01-01
- Maximilian Wiedcofounderfounded 2022-01-01
- Marc Wietfeldcofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for ARX Robotics.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- ARX Robotics8 deployments
Recent coverage
ARX Robotics in third-party press
ARX Robotics and DEUTZ deliver Gereon systems for Ukraine in 12 weeks, setting course for expanded unmanned vehicle production
ARX Robotics and DEUTZ Deliver First GEREON Unmanned Ground Systems to Ukraine Just 12 Weeks After Joint Production Launch
ARX Robotics wants its land drones fighting alongside Britain’s Ajax vehicles
Peers
19 peers across 1 segment. Every ARX Robotics competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
ugv(19)
12 companies in this segment · competitive (HHI 0)
- ATOMSdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- BAE Systemsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Brasa Labsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- BurnBotdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Elbit Systemsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- General Dynamics Land Systemsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Financial state
- Total funding
- $34.0M
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company ARX Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- ARX Robotics x Roboneers Ukraine JV2026-07-01with Roboneersoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Roboneers1× joint
All 1 partnerships
open in the atlas →- ARX Robotics x Roboneers Ukraine JVwithRoboneersjoint venture2026-07-01operating
Funding rounds (1)
- Series A2025-01-01
$34M(reported) · $204M post
Investors: HV Capital (lead)
Timeline
Every recorded move in ARX Robotics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipARX Robotics x Roboneers Ukraine JV
2026-07-01German company ARX Robotics and Ukrainian company Roboneers announced a joint venture called ARX Industries to produce unmanned ground robotic systems for Ukraine, expanding production capacity for the GEREON UGV platform.
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2025-01-01Series A raising $34000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 6, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJul 1, 2026
GEREON UGV at Fort Irwin, California, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedAug 1, 2025
Combat GEREON at Ukraine
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2025
GEREON UGV at United Kingdom
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedApr 1, 2025
GEREON UGV at Lithuania
Sources (3)
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-09-29
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-09-29
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
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In the press
Recent coverage mentioning ARX Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
ARX Robotics and DEUTZ deliver Gereon systems for Ukraine in 12 weeks, setting course for expanded unmanned vehicle production
ARX Robotics and DEUTZ have delivered the first Gereon unmanned ground systems built at DEUTZ’s Ulm plant for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
ARX Robotics and DEUTZ Deliver First GEREON Unmanned Ground Systems to Ukraine Just 12 Weeks After Joint Production Launch
(IN BRIEF) ARX Robotics and DEUTZ have delivered the first GEREON unmanned ground systems manufactured at DEUTZ’s Ulm plant just 12 weeks after launching their joint production…
ARX Robotics wants its land drones fighting alongside Britain’s Ajax vehicles
German defence startup ARX Robotics is working with General Dynamics Land Systems UK to integrate autonomous ground vehicles with the British Army’s Ajax fleet, creating robotic…
British Army explores pairing Ajax with a robot scout
ARX Robotics UK and General Dynamics Land Systems-UK are launching a collaboration to explore turning the British Army’s Ajax armored vehicle into a command hub for robotic ground…
ARX Robotics Expands Into Poland, Moving Closer to NATO’s Eastern Flank
The Munich defence tech company is setting up a Polish entity to move nearer to the country’s armed forces. A second subsidiary in Innsbruck handles local business processes in…
ARX Robotics: Startup mit Militärrobotern expandiert nach Polen und Österreich
Das Münchner Defence-Tech-Unternehmen rückt mit einer eigenen Gesellschaft näher an die polnischen Streitkräfte. Parallel dazu entsteht eine Tochtergesellschaft in Innsbruck, die…
German UGV maker ARX expands into Poland’s defense market
German unmanned ground vehicle maker ARX Robotics is expanding into Poland, the company announced September 9, its fourth national market as it grows across Europe. ARX plans to…
ARX Robotics validates GEREON autonomous fleet in major US Army trials
ARX Robotics UK has successfully demonstrated the operational potential of its GEREON uncrewed ground vehicles (UGVs) during Project Convergence-Capstone 6 (PC-C6), the largest…
Europe’s robot vehicles survive brutal US desert test
Eight robotic vehicles have spent six straight days working around the clock in one of the most punishing deserts on Earth, capping off a month-long deployment, and British…
ARX expands Ukraine presence as uncrewed ground robot demand surges
ARX Robotics is expanding its presence in Ukraine after securing a new contract for several hundred additional GEREON UGV systems, as Ukraine plans to procure 25,000 ground robots.
Inside ARX Robotics: Building the Future of Defence
NATO features ARX Robotics autonomous UGVs deployed on NATO's eastern flank for logistics, reconnaissance, and casualty evacuation.
ARX Robotics opens Europe's largest production facility
ARX Robotics opened Europe's largest UGV production facility for its Gereon-RCS series of unmanned ground vehicles, scaling production to meet demand from European armed forces.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/arx-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/arx-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/fb235a81-a627-475a-aa81-83c1592cc655
- Revision history: /companies/arx-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Elbit Systems3 models
- Milrem Robotics3 models
- Quantum Systems3 models
- Roboteam3 models
Video
The European company ARX Robotics has unveiled its first combat unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), the Combat Gereon, developed in collaboration with Ukrainian part
German defence tech startup ARX Robotics has developed ground-based military robots. A new video showcases them in action
The GEREON RCS UGV (Unmanned Ground Vehicle) Series by ARX Robotics is transforming modern warfare and security operations. Designed in Germany with direct inpu
Germany’s DEUTZ has partnered with ARX Robotics to revolutionize European defense with next-generation unmanned ground vehicles. This strategic collaboration in
Discussion with David Roberts, CEO of ARX Robotics UK, about the Gereon UGV and its powerful integration with Khronos DroneBox. This interview highlights how
SYNOPSIS As NATO members ramp up defence spending, Europe’s defence industrial base is stepping up to meet demand. ARX Robotics is a German defence technology
What role will software and artificial intelligence play in the next generation of robotics and defense systems? At the MMK26 Speaker’s Corner, Maximilian Wied
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ARX Robotics and Supacat signed an MoU on April 28, 2026, in London to develop crewed-uncrewed vehicle teaming for UK and allied land forces. The partnership wi
Heat Index
Category contender77/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
ARX Robotics draws attention at the 73rd percentile but verifies reality at the 70th percentile among defense_ugv robots. Hype Gap +3.1, 16th widest among defense_ugv robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 8 verified deployments. Strong deployment footprint with 6 operational sites across 7 countries. Funding runway warrants monitoring: last known round 21 months ago.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 4, 2026