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Measured figures
original wheeled Dragon Runner · Length
Single source15 inches (38 cm)[source]
Configuration
| Specification | Dragon Runner | VIPeR |
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| Width | less than a foot wide[source] | — |
| Type | military robot built for urban combat[source] | military robot[source] |
| Designer | Carnegie Mellon University[source] | — |
| Manufacturer | QinetiQ , Inc.[source] | — |
| Mobility | four wheels[source] | unique pair of wheel/track systems known as the Galileo Wheel system |
original wheeled Dragon Runner · Height
Single source5 inches (13 cm)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Design and production context | Dragon Runner is a military robot built for urban combat . At 20 pounds (9 kg) it is light enough to be carried and thrown. The original project was funded by the United States Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory in conjunction with Carnegie Mellon University . It was designed at Carnegie Mellon University while the electronics and thermoplastic shell is developed and made by QinetiQ , Inc. Early development was conducted by the United States Naval Research Laboratory , including initial design, production and field-testing.[source] | — |
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| Origin reported by inventory | United States[source]Inventory Origin column; table 5, row 88, cell 3; revision 1377737772; retrieved 2026-10-01 United States[source]Inventory Origin column; table 28, row 5, cell 3; revision 1376302551; retrieved 2026-09-30 United Kingdom[source]Inventory Origin column; table 18, row 2, cell 2; revision 1377419115; retrieved 2026-09-30 | — |
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| Developer | — | Elbit Systems[source] |
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| Introduced | — | March, 2007[source] |
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| Role | — | detecting IEDs, booby traps, and alerting them to potential threats[source] |
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| Control | — | remotely operated through a control harness and a helmet-mounted display[source] |
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| Optional payloads | — | Pan & Tilt (P&T) cameras, Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR), day/night observation cameras with zoom capabilities, an explosives sniffer, a disrupter, a 9 mm mini-Uzi with a scope and pointer, a grenade releaser, a 4-foot robotic arm, a gripper, and technology for in-building mapping[source]Optionalpayloads and armcomponent only; notbodydimensions orinventory |
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