Robots

Ukrainian defense tech is developing rapidly, but companies are faced with an increasingly difficult task: not just to create a technological product, but to bring it to mass production, train the military to use it, provide service, and constantly improve the system based on the results of combat use.CEO of ARX Robotics Ukraine Igor Kornilov believes that scaling remains one of the biggest problems of Ukrainian softtech today. At the same time, he warns against excessive expectations from AI: in his opinion, the technology does not yet mean full autonomy, and human control remains critically important.

Dnipro startup RoboL Robotics has moved from laboratory prototypes to commercial operation. The company installed its first robotic kiosk under the Robi Coffee brand in the Apollo shopping center in Dnipro. The founder and CEO of the project, Anton Kotyk, told dev.ua how the robot reacts to air alarms, what operational challenges the team faced, and why the startup is preparing to expand to Finland.

The main fear of production is “we’ll install a robot, something will go wrong, and the whole line will stop.” And this fear is justified. Because stopping the line means hundreds of thousands of hryvnias in losses per shift, missed deadlines, and enormous stress. But most of these risks arise when integration is done impulsively: I saw a robot and bought it. Proper robotization is predictable and safe for current operational processes. That's what this guide is about.