---
title: "China Unveils Urban Combat Robots"
description: "At a 2015 World Robot Conference in Beijing, anti-terror robots were unveiled by a Chinese robotics company, and they are set to hit police teams near you. "
date: "2015-12-12"
modified: "2015-12-12"
authors:
  - name: "Miguel Santos"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/heymigstwitter-com"
url: "https://futurism.com/china-unveils-urban-combat-robots"
categories:
  - "Artificial Intelligence"
  - "Robotics"
  - "Robots and Machines"
tags:
  - "china"
  - "robots"
  - "urban combat"
---

# China Unveils Urban Combat Robots

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/hit_three_robots.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: \<a href="http://www.youth.cn" target="\_blank"\>Youth.cn\</a\>\</em\>*

##### Robot Defense Team

China unveiled a team of robots designed for urban combat at the Beijing 2015 [World Robot Conference](<http://www.worldrobotconference.com/en/Home/>). The robots were developed by the[ Harbin Institute of Technology](<http://school.cucas.edu.cn/Harbin-Institute-of-Technology-105/>) (HIT) Robot Group.

The robot team consists of three variants: An armed variant that can be equipped with an assault rifle, grenade, or recoilless rifle; a recon variant with NBC detectors; and an explosive ordnance disposal variant designed to disarm explosives and dispose of other hazardous materials.

Each robot runs on a 10-12kg (22-44 lb) tracked chassis. The recon variant is light enough to be carried in a backpack by soldiers, and the robots are remotely operated.

[![rifle\_robot\_0](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/rifle_robot_0.jpg>)](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/rifle_robot_0.jpg>)

![Youth.cn](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/eod_robot.jpg>)

##### Police Adoption

According to HIT Robot Group sales manager Cheng Deqiang, one set of the three variants will cost around 1.5 million Yuan (approx $230,000 USD). Among its first adopters is the Beijing police department, and other Chinese police departments are expected to soon follow.

The robot's chassis have two pairs of tracks; the smaller forward pair helps them go over obstacles like steps, which enable them to get into hard-to-reach places.

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