30 years of safety: Telerob Gesellschaft für Fernhantierungstechnik mbH celebrates 30th year anniversary

For 30 years, Telerob Gesellschaft für Fernhantierungstechnik mbH, based in Ostfildern near Stuttgart, has been developing and producing unmanned ground vehicles for explosive ordnance disposal (EOD), the handling of hazardous materials (HAZMAT) and the detection of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats (CBRN).

What started as a small sales office for nuclear applications with six employees has developed over the years more and more into the leading supplier of EOD robots. Telerob Gesellschaft für Fernhantierungstechnik mbH can proudly look back on 30 successful years and numerous important milestones.

As early as 1999 Telerob celebrates a world premiere: the first EOD robot with tool magazine and telescope is presented. Named tEODor, it developed into a bestseller in the following years and became a reliable tool for many armies and police units worldwide. In 2006, Telerob launched a new, compact generation of robots on the market: the delivery of the first EOD robot telemax laid the foundation stone for the telemax family, which steadily expanded over the years to include additional models and quickly enjoyed the same popularity as its larger colleague tEODor. The next technological leap was made in 2018 with the launch of the tEODor EVO: a modern, intuitive operating concept made the user's usually difficult and dangerous task easier. The EVO generation of the various telemax models followed in 2019. 2021 the next big step: the US technology group AeroVironment, Inc., a leading global provider of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), acquires Telerob, enabling an even greater range of robotic solutions.

And the journey is far from over. "Together with our mother company AeroVironment, we are working on new, innovative projects: Autonomous driving, voice recognition, but above all we want to offer our customers broader, integrated mission solutions at sea, on land, in the air and in near space in the future. This will make combatting threats even faster and more effectively. Much has changed over the past 25 years, but our aspirations have remained the same: Replacing human beings with machines where their presence would place them at great risk”, says Florian Grüner, Managing Director.