ARX and Roboneers form a venture to mass-produce ground robots across Germany and Ukraine
A joint venture, ARX Industries, will build Roboneers' battle-tested Rys Pro ground robot across plants in Germany and Ukraine, feeding Kyiv's push for 50,000 unmanned ground systems this year.
A joint venture, ARX Industries, will build Roboneers' battle-tested Rys Pro ground robot across plants in Germany and Ukraine, feeding Kyiv's push for 50,000 unmanned ground systems this year.
Germany's ARX Robotics and Ukraine's Roboneers have set up a joint venture, ARX Industries, to mass-produce unmanned ground vehicles, Tech.eu reported on June 25. The two signed at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdansk, Poland, with Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Serhiy Boiev in the room, according to Interfax-Ukraine.
The venture will build the Rys Pro, the software-defined ground robot Roboneers already fields in Ukraine. (English-language outlets call it Lynx Pro; "rys" is Ukrainian for lynx.) ARX Industries plans thousands of units in its first year and tens of thousands a year after that. The platform runs casualty evacuation, frontline logistics, modular mine-laying and demining, and combat configurations, United24 Media wrote, citing Militarnyi.
Production splits across Germany and Ukraine, pairing German industrial capacity with frontline proximity. Kyiv has set a target of 50,000 unmanned ground systems for its forces in 2026, and ARX Industries is one supply line built against it, under the bilateral Build with Ukraine program both governments back.
The deal is the second German-Ukrainian ground-robot factory tie-up in a week. Quantum Systems' Tencore venture took an order for 2,000 TerMiT UGVs assembled in Germany on June 19. ARX sits in that same cluster. It partnered with Quantum Systems in May 2024 to develop unmanned systems for Ukraine, opened a Kyiv office in February 2025, and added a Berlin office this week alongside its Munich plant. It raised an 11 million euro Series A extension in July 2025.
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Subscribe Free →Ground robots are moving into mass production behind the aerial and naval drones Ukraine already fields at scale. "Ukraine has proven that robots win battles," Roboneers Executive Chairman Anton Skrypnyk said. The test is whether ARX Industries can hit thousands of Rys Pro units in its first year, the bar it set before any scale-up to tens of thousands.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is ARX Industries?
It is a joint venture between Germany's ARX Robotics and Ukraine's Roboneers, announced June 25 to serially mass-produce unmanned ground vehicles for Ukraine's military, per Tech.eu.
What will it build?
The Rys Pro ground robot, called Lynx Pro in English-language reports, a software-defined platform Roboneers already fields in Ukraine. It handles casualty evacuation, frontline logistics, mine-laying and demining, and combat roles, United24 Media reported, citing Militarnyi.
How many units, and where?
Thousands in the first year, scaling to tens of thousands annually after that, across facilities in both Germany and Ukraine, according to Tech.eu and Interfax-Ukraine.
How does it connect to Ukraine's wider drone effort?
The venture supports Kyiv's stated target of supplying 50,000 unmanned ground systems to its forces in 2026, and runs under the bilateral Build with Ukraine program backed by both governments, per Tech.eu.
Is this the only German-Ukrainian ground-robot deal?
No. On June 19, Quantum Systems' Tencore venture took an order for 2,000 TerMiT UGVs to be assembled in Germany. ARX itself partnered with Quantum Systems in May 2024 to develop unmanned systems for Ukraine.
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