RoboScore
61.7
Out of 100. Its robots, plus proof from customers and the press.
All 6 measures have data
News bonus
4.0
From the last 90 days, up to 15
RoboIndex
65.7
Down 3.0 since the 19 Oct ranking
Rank change
Down 1
Now #3 of 35 in Security · See the board →
India-based drones for defence, public safety, and survey missions
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How it worksThe score is 65% robots, 30% proof from customers and the press, 5% range of robots. Activity and readiness are shown for context.
FUNDING ROUNDS AND CUSTOMERS BY ROBOT
Bigger dot = bigger round. Hollow = amount not disclosed.
Funding rounds
- Aug 2026Not yet on fileUS$18.0MLead not disclosedNot disclosed13 outlets ↗
Rounds recorded from January 2017. Every amount links to its source.
Suggest an editCustomers
2 named customers · 2 L2 In use. See the names
1 more customer cited in public sources
Suggest an editideaForge designs and manufactures UAVs and drone platforms including Q4i, Q6 V2, NETRA V4 PRO, SWITCH, and NETRA series systems for defence, public safety, surveying, and disaster-response use cases. The company is headquartered in India and has marketed these platforms for operations in India and international markets, including the U.S.
Active products
5
Price range
US$30K to US$124K
3 of 5 priced
Company facts
- HQ
- Mumbai, India
- Founded
- 2007 · 19 yrs
- Website
- www.ideaforgetech.com
Active robots by ideaForge
5 shown- 1
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- 4
- 5
| # | Category | Key specs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | SWITCH | Security | Payload 7 kg·Top speed 13 m/s | US$124K | Not yet on file | 56.4 |
| 2 | | SWITCH V2 | Security | Payload 7 kg·Top speed 13 m/s | US$124K | 2022 | 56.3 |
| 3 | | NETRA 5 | Security | Payload 2 kg | Not yet on file | 2025 | 53.7 |
| 4 | | Q6 V2 | Drone | Runtime 1.2 hr·Payload 6 kg | US$30K | 2025 | 52.2 |
| 5 | | Q6 V2 GEO | Drone | Runtime 0.8 hr·Payload 6 kg | Not yet on file | 2025 | 43.2 |
In the news
3 events · last 90 days
+4.0news bonus- Oct 14TDB signs Rs 151 crore funding agreement with ideaForge Technology for heavy-lift logistics drone YETI
- Aug 3India’s ideaForge Technology scores LOI for YETI drone development
- Aug 3ideaForge gets Rs 151 crore Govt funding to develop ‘Yeti’ drone for high-altitude military logistics
In the news
3 events · last 90 days
Why ideaForge has been in the news, across 8 outlets, collected and classified independently, so a maker cannot add to it. It never changes a robot's RoboScore (the evidence half of the RoboIndex) and it can move a robot up a board by at most 15 points.
Safety reports
India’s national recall register runs to 126 entries and contains no robot of any kind. A blank record for an Indian maker carries almost no information.
Press coverage
- Qualcomm-Backed ideaForge brings its SWITCH and NETRA V4 UAV platforms to the U.S. market
sUAS News · Aug 2022
- India's ideaForge Launches Netra v4Pro for U.S. ISR and Surveying
Inside Unmanned Systems
Milestones
Raised US$18.0M
- 2025launch
Launched NETRA 5
- 2025launch
Launched Q6 V2
- 2025launch
Launched Q6 V2 GEO
- 2022launch
Launched SWITCH V2
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