General Robotics
ACQUIREDIsraeli maker of tactical ground robots and remote weapon stations for military, special forces and law-enforcement users. Creator of the DOGO robot and the PITBULL station; owned by SIG SAUER since 2023.
General Robotics
Founded 2009 · Beit Nehemya, IsraelGeneral Robotics Ltd. is an Israeli defense and homeland-security robotics company founded in 2009 by Ehud Gal, a former Scientific Deputy to the Head of the Defense R&D Directorate (DDR&D) at Israel's Ministry of Defense. The company designs lightweight, man-portable ground robots and remote weapon stations (RWS) for infantry, special forces, counter-terror units and law-enforcement agencies. Its best-known product is DOGO — a man-portable anti-terror robot armed with a pistol — alongside the PITBULL family of weapon stations. The company is headquartered in the moshav of Beit Nehemya in central Israel. On March 16, 2023 it was acquired by the American firearms manufacturer SIG SAUER; the financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Founders
Founder of General Robotics. Formerly Scientific Deputy to the Head of the Defense R&D Directorate (DDR&D) at Israel's Ministry of Defense. He founded the company after his son-in-law was injured while serving in special forces.
Domain of activity
2 areas · 1 technologies · 2 industries- Mobile robots
- Autonomous systems
- Robotics
- Defense & security
- Robotics
Global presence
HQ Beit Nehemya · 1 regionsScale & funding
founded 2009Organizational relations
1 strategic relationsStrategic relations
1- Acquired byAcquisition by the American firearms manufacturer SIG SAUER, Inc. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.2023 →
Profile & metadata
4 classification · 4 external linksClassification
- Statusacquired
- Development stagemature
- Listed onNo
- Organization typeDefense contractor
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