Ghost Robotics responds to Boston Dynamics lawsuit

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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 targeted solely on quadrupeds.

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

Right here’s what Boston Dynamics informed The Robotic Report earlier this week by way of e 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 functions worldwide. We welcome competitors within the rising cellular robotics market, however we anticipate all firms 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 rapidly grown to turn out to be the primary provider of legged robots to US and Allied Governments. The flagship Imaginative and prescient 60 robotic provides best-in-class endurance, pace, climate safety, and area repairability. It’s the solely legged robotic in the marketplace 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 fast adoption by US Air Pressure, 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, underneath the tutelage of the esteemed Prof. Dan Koditschek at The College of Pennsylvania. Prof. Koditschek is a pioneer within the area 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. Reasonably than compete on a degree taking part in area, 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 assets to litigate as a substitute of innovate.

“Ghost Robotics strongly believes that truthful competitors drives the market and appears ahead to a thriving legged robotic trade, for the good thing about humanity.”

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