NATO impressed by Ukrainian combat robots, praise their key battlefield edge
Robotic systems are considered killers of Russian armored vehicles (photo: DevDroid)
The Ukrainian company DevDroid regularly updates its combat robots, enabling the equipment to quickly adapt to battlefield changes. NATO has been impressed by this advantage, the Business Insider reports.
The Ukrainian deftech company DevDroid has introduced an approach in which combat robots receive software updates in the same way as mobile phones or operating systems.
These include regular remote updates that allow new features to be added, bugs to be fixed, and system performance to be improved within minutes.
According to a company representative, the robots' software is updated every few weeks. In some cases, fixes can be deployed almost instantly, which is critical in wartime conditions.
Developers can test a new feature together with a military unit and roll it out across all systems within a week.
At the same time, as with smartphones, software updates alone are not enough. About twice a year, the company carries out major hardware upgrades that can significantly change the capabilities of the systems — for example, increasing the robots' operating range.
For this purpose, engineering teams work close to the front line: they repair damaged systems, upgrade them, and even evacuate them from the battlefield.
Feedback from soldiers plays a key role in improving the technology. It was, among other things, thanks to their requests that the idea of equipping robots with anti-tank capabilities emerged.
The company maintains constant communication with military units, allowing it to respond quickly to needs and implement changes rapidly.
Western partners are already acknowledging that they have much to learn from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. According to Admiral Pierre Vandier, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, the Alliance urgently needs the Ukrainian "DNA of adaptation."
Note that the use of robotic systems on the front line is growing rapidly. Over the past three months, they have carried out more than 22,000 missions.
Ukraine plans to scale up this area: about 25,000 new robots could be purchased within six months alone, and in the long term, the goal is to transition all frontline logistics to robotic solutions.
Earlier, the media reported that Ukrainian defense forces managed to take control of the Russians' position using a combination of drones and ground robotic systems.
