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Boston Dynamics’ Spot (left) and Ghost Robotics’ Imaginative and prescient 60.

Ghost Robotics has responded to the patent infringement lawsuit lately filed by Boston Dynamics.

Earlier this week, we discovered that Boston Dynamics is suing competitor Ghost Robotics for allegedly infringing on seven patents associated to the previous’s Spot quadruped robotic. Filed in Delaware Federal court docket on November 11, 2022, Boston Dynamics takes subject with each Ghost Robotics’ Imaginative and prescient 60 and Dash 40 quadrupeds.

Boston Dynamics was based in 1992 and has labored on quite a lot of legged robots, each two-legged and four-legged variations. Ghost Robotics was based in 2015 and has centered completely on quadrupeds.

In keeping with the grievance, “Boston Dynamics’ early success with the Spot robotic didn’t go unnoticed by rivals within the robotics business, together with Ghost Robotics.”

Right here’s what Boston Dynamics informed The Robotic Report earlier this week through electronic mail: “We don’t touch upon the specifics of pending litigation. Innovation is the lifeblood of Boston Dynamics, and our roboticists have efficiently filed roughly 500 patents and patent purposes worldwide. We welcome competitors within the rising cellular robotics market, however we count on all corporations to respect mental property rights, and we’ll take motion when these rights are violated.”

Ghost Robotics simply despatched the next assertion to The Robotic Report:

“Based in 2015, Ghost Robotics has shortly grown to develop into the primary provider of legged robots to US and Allied Governments. The flagship Imaginative and prescient 60 robotic affords best-in-class endurance, velocity, climate safety, and discipline repairability. It’s the solely legged robotic available on the market that’s able to working in all environmental circumstances for sustained, real-world missions to enhance effectivity and save lives.

“Evolving from shut buyer collaboration, coupled with distinctive innovation at Ghost Robotics, these capabilities have led to speedy adoption by US Air Power, Military, and Particular Forces in addition to Allied Governments together with the UK, Australia, Israel, Germany, Singapore, and the Republic of Korea Blue Home.

“Ghost Robotics was born out of the PhD analysis of CTO Avik De and CEO Gavin Kenneally, beneath the tutelage of the esteemed Prof. Dan Koditschek at The College of Pennsylvania. Prof. Koditschek is a pioneer within the discipline of legged robots and holds the patent (collectively along with his former college students, Martin Buehler and Uluc Saranli) for the primary battery-powered, dynamic legged robotic, RHex (US6481513B2, filed March 14, 2001).

“Ghost Robotics’ success has not gone unnoticed by Boston Dynamics. Relatively than compete on a degree taking part in discipline, the corporate selected to file an obstructive and baseless lawsuit on November eleventh in an try and halt the newcomer’s progress. Boston Dynamics is drawing on their significantly bigger sources to litigate as an alternative of innovate.

“Ghost Robotics strongly believes that honest competitors drives the market and appears ahead to a thriving legged robotic business, for the advantage of humanity.”

These are three of the primary quadruped robots to ever be obtainable commercially. We are going to control how this performs out in court docket. Different quadruped makers embody ANYbotics (Switzerland) and Unitree Robotics (China).