Plitzie engineers instrumenting equipment beside a KC-135 in an Ohio Air National Guard hangar
Deep Tech · Defense & IndustryColumbus, OHDomestic Supply Chain Options

Custom Technology. Field Proven.

Plitzie builds made-to-order AI-enabled robots, sensor payloads, automated production systems and hardware engineered for the places where conditions are worst. We prototype in weekly iterations and deliver working solutions fast.

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Capabilities

Big problems.
Affordable solutions.

Every Plitzie program starts with a real operator problem and draws on two core capabilities — the robotics and production systems that do the work and build the hardware, and the engineering that keeps it running when the environment fights back.

Engineers holding a ruggedized, case-mounted water treatment system built by Plitzie
Case-mounted water treatment system
Plitzie EOD sensor module mounted on a blue robotic gripper, projecting a laser line
EOD gripper sensor module
Patent figure of the Plitzie robotic in-pipe inspection crawler, US 12,007,058 B2
U.S. Patent 12,007,058 · In-pipe inspection robot
01 / Capability

Manufacturing & Automation

Robots that do the work. Systems that build the hardware.

AI-enabled robots and sensor payloads that see, navigate and decide in places people shouldn't have to go — designed from the start to be built repeatably. We integrate perception, autonomy and control onto new or fielded platforms, then build the fixtures, automated assembly and machine-vision inspection that turn a validated prototype into consistent product, with domestic supply chain options.

  • Autonomous navigation & control
  • Computer vision & depth sensing
  • AI-driven defect detection
  • Retrofit payloads for fielded robots
  • Design for manufacture & assembly
  • Custom fixtures, jigs & test rigs
  • Automated machine-vision QA
  • Low-rate initial production
Delivered: EOD depth-perception package · Biomimetic pipe-inspection crawlers · LLKD counter-UAS munitions at TRL 7 · Patented projectile components
Plitzie counter-UAS field test on a snow-covered range
Winter range testing · Counter-UAS
Two Plitzie engineers on a work stand with their upper bodies inside an aircraft's underside access bay
Inside the airframe · USAF maintenance
World map of Reinvent the Toilet project teams and field sites, including Plitzie work
Global low-resource field sites
02 / Capability

Austere Environment Engineering

Built for where infrastructure isn't

Snow-covered ranges, submerged and oily pipe systems, aircraft access bays, forward operating sites and low-resource regions with no grid. We engineer, ruggedize and field-test systems to survive the conditions they'll actually face — and to be maintained by the people on the ground.

  • Cold, wet & submerged operation
  • Turbid & contested environments
  • Off-grid power & low-resource design
  • Ruggedized enclosures & sealing
  • Field-serviceable architectures
  • On-site test & validation
Fielded: Winter C-UAS range trials · Submerged pipe robotics · USAF flight-line work · Global sanitation field programs
Technology & Field Validation

Proven systems.
Built for the field.

From core capabilities to deployed hardware: three systems built with end users and tested in real environments.

TRL 7

Kinetic System

Purpose-built polymer and tungsten-polymer projectiles that defeat FPV and quadcopter drones. Ultra-wide pattern, infrastructure-safe and non-toxic. Fires from fielded equipment — no new platform or integration required.

ValidatedActive DoD testingFunded
Deployed

Autonomous Robotic Inspection

Biomimetic pipe crawlers with AI-driven defect detection, autonomous navigation and in-situ analytics. Operates in submerged, turbid and oily pipe systems with zero excavation. Sensor payload variants are in active adaptation for SOCOM field use.

Active deploymentActive SOCOM collaborationIndustry deployed
Fielded

Computer Vision & Depth Sensing

Spatial rendering and depth-perception overlays for constrained environments, built iteratively with active EOD squads and delivered as a retrofit to existing platforms. Patent application filed June 2023. Underlying CV/spatial rendering IP is platform-agnostic.

Field delivered to active operators
Operator view of Plitzie sensing technology during EOD field validation
Operator-Centered Development
Built with the people who use it.

Field feedback shapes every iteration, from sensor placement and spatial rendering to the final retrofit-ready system.

The Team

Built by engineers.
Validated by operators.

Hands-on, cross-disciplinary development — working directly with partners from requirement to delivered hardware.

Organizations we've worked with
ARPA-E
Duke University
Lockheed Martin
Google
Gates Foundation
SOCOM
State of Ohio
DoD · EOD
Partnership

What we bring
to the table.

  1. A foundation for rapid prototypingWe've fielded TRL 7 counter-UAS, autonomous robotics, and computer vision / depth sensing in months, not years.
  2. Domestic supply chain optionsITAR-compliant, small business certified.
  3. Established operator relationshipsSOCOM, active EOD squads, USAF maintenance. Real end-user feedback built into every platform.
  4. Rapid development methodologyWeekly prototyping cycles, concept-to-field in weeks. Plitzie accelerates your development timeline, not slows it.
  5. Flexible partnership structuresLicensing, joint venture, strategic investment, or acquisition. We're looking for the right fit, not the biggest check.
How can we help?

Let's talk
partnership.

info@plitzie.com

We're looking for the right partners. Tell us about the problem — automation, production, or a hard environment — and we'll tell you how fast we can get hardware in front of it.