GuardBot Inc. (USA / Sweden) GuardBot (1)

Quote onlySold to defense, security, agriculture and inspection customers; no public price. Year is the company's stated founding.

AvailableNot programmableAmphibious spherePendulum driveSurveillanceEnterprise

Weeks+Shipping: Quote. Sold business-to-business through GuardBot's sales team; not offered to consumers.

Remote control: Not possible. No public SDK. Operators use the vendor's control station, which streams video over standard RTSP.

GuardBot ↗2012 spec page (archived) ↗

Overview

A sealed, pendulum-driven sphere that rolls through sand, snow and mud and swims across water, carrying cameras in two clear end domes. It is marketed for border and perimeter surveillance, and more recently for agriculture and inspection. Company president Peter Muhlrad has said the idea began around 2009 as a concept for a Mars mission. It resembles the Swedish Rotundus GroundBot, but GuardBot holds its own US patents on its amphibious drive and stabilization system. Few independent specs have been published.

Specifications

Category	Spherical & rolling · Research & concepts
Released	2012
Availability	Available
Programmability	No programmability
Best for	Professionals & labs
Vision sensors	Camera, Lidar
Actuators	Unknown
Audio	Microphone
Compute type	Proprietary / undisclosed
Remote control	Not programmable
Size	Two-hemisphere spherical body with camera domes at each end; 63 lb (~29 kg)
Locomotion	Internal pendulum rolls the sealed sphere; amphibious (land to water and back)
Compute	Not published
Camera	Cameras in the side domes; current versions offer EO/IR (thermal) cameras
Sensors	GPS, LiDAR, gas sensors, audio (per current GuardBot site)
Runtime	8+ h
Speed	Up to 10 km/h (6 mph)
SDK	Not published; remote control or GPS waypoint navigation with an augmented-reality operator interface; video over MPEG-4 RTP/RTSP