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Airobotics
Airobotics builds the Optimus drone-in-a-box platform, pairing a rotary-wing UAV with an automated Airbase ground station that swaps batteries, changes payloads, and recharges the drone without any human intervention. Onboard AI handles mission planning, site mapping, and anomaly detection for mining, oil-and-gas, industrial, and urban security operations. The company became the first to deploy commercial autonomous drone-in-a-box fleets in a city environment (Abu Dhabi, 2022) and was acquired by Ondas Holdings (NASDAQ: ONDS) in January 2023, continuing to operate as a subsidiary. It also develops the Irone counter-drone system under an Israel Innovation Authority grant.
Company overview
Identity and operating footprint
Robot models
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Iron Arrow
- Autonomous long-range drone built for mass interception of airborne threats
Vendor-described capability
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Iron Drone
- Autonomous drone enabling controlled interception of airborne threats for critical infrastructure and defense
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Optimus
- Fully autonomous drone-in-a-box: automated battery swap, payload change, and recharge via robotic Airbase; zero human intervention required for multi-mission operation
vendor-defined: all pre-flight, flight, and post-flight operations including battery exchange performed by the Airbase robotic arm without human input
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Deployment log
Announced and cited only
Funding history
Publicly announced rounds
Series C
Investors undisclosed
Round sourceSeries C
BlueRun Ventures China, Microsoft Ventures, OurCrowd
Round sourceSeries B
BlueRun Ventures, CRV, UpWest Labs, Noam Bardin, Richard Wooldridge
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