UGV Robotics

UGV Robotics is a Ukrainian defence-technology company that builds the Lyut (“Fury”) combat ground robot and the Khyzhak (“Predator”) remote weapon turret. The Lyut began as an experimental platform around 2022 and has since been codified for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Lyut is a wheeled, all-wheel-drive vehicle on airless tyres, weighing about 330 kilograms, with a range of up to 20 kilometres and a long battery endurance. It mounts a 7.62 mm PKT machine gun on a remote turret and can also be used for reconnaissance through its camera system; later generations add steel armour, Starlink links, and a higher road range. The company’s Khyzhak turret is a more sophisticated weapon module: a gyro-stabilised 7.62 mm mount with AI-assisted target detection and tracking, a ballistic calculator, a laser rangefinder, and two thermal cameras. It is built to engage targets on the move — including FPV drones — and has been fitted to ground robots, to Magura naval drones, and to vehicles, with reported intercepts of Russian aircraft when mounted at sea.

The company received a grant from Ukraine’s state defence-tech cluster, Brave1 , in 2023 and lists its products on the Brave1 marketplace. The Lyut has been used in combat, including in the Kursk operation, by units such as the 8th Special Purpose Regiment, the 93rd Brigade, and military intelligence. UGV Robotics has stated production goals of up to 100 units a month and sources thermal imagers from the Ukrainian firm Okocamera. The company has not disclosed its headquarters or financing.