HR-Sherpa
South Korean electric ground-robot family with military trial deliveries and multiple generations of subsequent development.
- Country / region
- South Korea
- Programme status
- Development / trials
- Sources reviewed
- 20 Sept 2026
- Primary domain
- Land
- System type
- Ground multirole vehicle
- Developer / manufacturer
- Hyundai Rotem
- Origin / production countries
- South Korea
- Other names
- HR SHERPA; HR-셰르파
- Variants / configurations
- First-generation demonstrator; Second-generation military trial vehicles; Third-generation ruggedised prototype; Fourth-generation evaluation vehicle
- Operators / programme customers
- South Korean military trial programme
Evidence & current status
Trial delivery is not treated as fleet-wide operational acceptance. Specifications of the firefighting derivative and early demonstrators are not transferred to the latest military configuration.
Role & capabilities
- Logistics and casualty transport
- Observation configurations
- Remote driving
- Following and waypoint-navigation options
Specifications in context
- Configuration
- Six-wheel multipurpose robotic vehicle
Supplier-reported; configuration dependent.
Source ↗ - Mobility
- Electric independent wheel drive
Supplier-reported; configuration dependent.
Source ↗ - Dimensions
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Mass
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Payload
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Endurance
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Range
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Speed
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Terrain / environment
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Sensors
- Day and night cameras
2021 trial-vehicle description; later sensor fit can differ.
Source ↗ - Communications / control
- Remote driving, waypoint navigation and following modes
Described modes of delivered trial vehicles.
Source ↗ - Launch / deployment
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
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