Ukraine drops ground robots behind enemy lines using heavy bomber drones

Ukraine's Third Army Corps used heavy bomber drones to deploy NC13 "Gryphon" ground robots more than 10 km behind Russian lines as part of Operation Vivaldi. The wheeled robots carried cameras and struck positions where ground assault was unexpected. Ground robots also cleared mines across over 18 miles of routes, handling roughly 60% of mine clearance in the corps' area.

• Heavy bomber drones dropped NC13 "Gryphon" robots 10+ km behind Russian lines
• Ground robots cleared mines across more than 18 miles without sapper teams
• Robots handle about 60% of mine clearance in the Third Army Corps' area
• Operation Vivaldi has reclaimed up to 96 square miles since May 2026