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From basement to battlefield: Ukrainian startups create low-cost robots to fight Russia
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From basement to battlefield: Ukrainian startups create low-cost robots to fight Russia
![Anton Shtuka Andrii Denysenko, CEO of design and production bureau "UkrPrototyp", stands by Odyssey, an 800-kilogram (1,750-pound) ground drone prototype, at a corn field in northern Ukraine, Friday, June 28, 2024. Facing manpower shortages and uneven international assistance, Ukraine is struggling to halt Russia’s incremental but pounding advance in the east and is counting heavily on innovation at home. (AP Photo/Anton Shtuka)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/a2362cd9028c4264baa6c7c8988198fe/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Andrii Denysenko, CEO of design and production bureau "UkrPrototyp", stands by Odyssey, an 800-kilogram (1,750-pound) ground drone prototype, at a corn field in northern Ukraine, Friday, June 28, 2024. Facing manpower shortages and uneven international assistance, Ukraine is struggling to halt Russia’s incremental but pounding advance in the east and is counting heavily on innovation at home. (AP Photo/Anton Shtuka)
![Anton Shtuka Engineers of design and production bureau "UkrPrototyp" work on new parts for a ground drone, in northern Ukraine, Thursday, June 27, 2024. Facing manpower shortages and uneven international assistance, Ukraine is struggling to halt Russia’s incremental but pounding advance in the east and is counting heavily on innovation at home. (AP Photo/Anton Shtuka)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/be60ca1967d646f6a7584a494e15d8ec/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Engineers of design and production bureau "UkrPrototyp" work on new parts for a ground drone, in northern Ukraine, Thursday, June 27, 2024. Facing manpower shortages and uneven international assistance, Ukraine is struggling to halt Russia’s incremental but pounding advance in the east and is counting heavily on innovation at home. (AP Photo/Anton Shtuka)
![Anton Shtuka Engineers of design and production bureau "UkrPrototyp" work on new parts for a ground drone, in northern Ukraine, Thursday, June 27, 2024. Facing manpower shortages and uneven international assistance, Ukraine is struggling to halt Russia’s incremental but pounding advance in the east and is counting heavily on innovation at home. (AP Photo/Anton Shtuka)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/5400ca33e8124885a726f70908f33538/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Engineers of design and production bureau "UkrPrototyp" work on new parts for a ground drone, in northern Ukraine, Thursday, June 27, 2024. Facing manpower shortages and uneven international assistance, Ukraine is struggling to halt Russia’s incremental but pounding advance in the east and is counting heavily on innovation at home. (AP Photo/Anton Shtuka)
![Anton Shtuka An engineer of "UkrPrototyp", sporting a Ukrainian flag on his shirt, works on new parts for a ground drone, in northern Ukraine, Thursday, June 27, 2024. Facing manpower shortages and uneven international assistance, Ukraine is struggling to halt Russia’s incremental but pounding advance in the east and is counting heavily on innovation at home. (AP Photo/Anton Shtuka)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/966d7405fa2b4a9cae9f5acaba23b888/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
An engineer of "UkrPrototyp", sporting a Ukrainian flag on his shirt, works on new parts for a ground drone, in northern Ukraine, Thursday, June 27, 2024. Facing manpower shortages and uneven international assistance, Ukraine is struggling to halt Russia’s incremental but pounding advance in the east and is counting heavily on innovation at home. (AP Photo/Anton Shtuka)
![Anton Shtuka Engineers of design and production bureau "UkrPrototyp" work on new parts for a ground drone, in northern Ukraine, Thursday, June 27, 2024. Facing manpower shortages and uneven international assistance, Ukraine is struggling to halt Russia’s incremental but pounding advance in the east and is counting heavily on innovation at home. (AP Photo/Anton Shtuka)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/9ee4d50ed5d6485ab1c9b74b1b191b53/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Engineers of design and production bureau "UkrPrototyp" work on new parts for a ground drone, in northern Ukraine, Thursday, June 27, 2024. Facing manpower shortages and uneven international assistance, Ukraine is struggling to halt Russia’s incremental but pounding advance in the east and is counting heavily on innovation at home. (AP Photo/Anton Shtuka)
![Anton Shtuka Serhii, chief engineer of design and production bureau "UkrPrototyp", works on 3D model of a a car-sized 800-kilogram (1,750-pound) prototype drone, in the north of Ukraine, Thursday, June 27, 2024. Facing manpower shortages and uneven international assistance, Ukraine is struggling to halt Russia’s incremental but pounding advance in the east and is counting heavily on innovation at home. (AP Photo/Anton Shtuka)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/3ba5c400f19e4c9fb10ab0498500a4f4/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Serhii, chief engineer of design and production bureau "UkrPrototyp", works on 3D model of a a car-sized 800-kilogram (1,750-pound) prototype drone, in the north of Ukraine, Thursday, June 27, 2024. Facing manpower shortages and uneven international assistance, Ukraine is struggling to halt Russia’s incremental but pounding advance in the east and is counting heavily on innovation at home. (AP Photo/Anton Shtuka)
![Anton Shtuka Andrii Denysenko, CEO of design and production bureau "UkrPrototyp", stands by Odyssey, an 800-kilogram (1,750-pound) ground drone prototype, at a corn field in northern Ukraine, Friday, June 28, 2024. Facing manpower shortages and uneven international assistance, Ukraine is struggling to halt Russia’s incremental but pounding advance in the east and is counting heavily on innovation at home. (AP Photo/Anton Shtuka)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/db9f12ecad6b404b87c180ec63bc3add/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Andrii Denysenko, CEO of design and production bureau "UkrPrototyp", stands by Odyssey, an 800-kilogram (1,750-pound) ground drone prototype, at a corn field in northern Ukraine, Friday, June 28, 2024. Facing manpower shortages and uneven international assistance, Ukraine is struggling to halt Russia’s incremental but pounding advance in the east and is counting heavily on innovation at home. (AP Photo/Anton Shtuka)
![Anton Shtuka Andrii Denysenko, CEO of design and production bureau "UkrPrototyp", speaks to the Associated Press as Odyssey, an 800-kilogram (1,750-pound) ground drone prototype, is seen in the background at a corn field in northern Ukraine, Friday, June 28, 2024. Facing manpower shortages and uneven international assistance, Ukraine is struggling to halt Russia’s incremental but pounding advance in the east and is counting heavily on innovation at home. (AP Photo/Anton Shtuka)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/44a23b88d70248b3a7ebed6b91906a69/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Andrii Denysenko, CEO of design and production bureau "UkrPrototyp", speaks to the Associated Press as Odyssey, an 800-kilogram (1,750-pound) ground drone prototype, is seen in the background at a corn field in northern Ukraine, Friday, June 28, 2024. Facing manpower shortages and uneven international assistance, Ukraine is struggling to halt Russia’s incremental but pounding advance in the east and is counting heavily on innovation at home. (AP Photo/Anton Shtuka)