Role & capabilities
- Earthmoving
- Obstacle handling
- Primary domain
- Land
- System type
- Ground multirole vehicle
- Developer / manufacturer
- Israel Aerospace Industries — ELTA
- Origin / production countries
- Israel
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- Not distinguished in reviewed sources
- Operators / programme customers
- Not identified in reviewed sources
Evidence & current status
Reviewed 21 September 2026; named product documented, current fleet quantity not independently established.
RobDozer is IAI ELTA's robotic engineering vehicle, identified by the ELA-6641 designation. It is intended for earthmoving, obstacle handling and other engineering work using a bulldozer platform and optional manipulators. This makes it a different class of equipment from the smaller REX infantry-support vehicle and the RoBattle mission robot.
The current manufacturer page describes autonomous functions but also retains descriptions of an armoured operator cabin. The entry therefore treats RobDozer as a robotic/optionally crewed engineering configuration, not as proof that every underlying bulldozer operates unmanned. The appropriate control mode and installed equipment need to be established for each customer variant.
IAI's catalogue confirms the product identity and engineering role. It does not provide a complete current vehicle specification or a dated acceptance record in the reviewed material. RobDozer is consequently listed with supplier-reported status. Mass, mobility and protection figures from unrelated commercial or military bulldozer configurations should not be substituted. The manufacturer's link to contemporary press coverage is a useful research lead, but does not independently resolve the identity of every vehicle described as Panda.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| Configuration | Armoured engineering vehicle | Supplier-published configuration; not an independent acceptance result. Source ↗ |
| Mobility | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
| Dimensions | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
| Mass | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
| Payload | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
| Endurance | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
| Range | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
| Speed | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
| Terrain / environment | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
| Sensors | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
| Communications / control | Remote and autonomous functions described; configuration-specific | Supplier-published configuration; not an independent acceptance result. Source ↗ |
| Launch / deployment | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
Publication history
- — Added in the September 2026 global coverage review, with sources, configuration limits and explicit data gaps.
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