{"id":70195,"date":"2022-11-16T19:27:39","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T17:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=70195"},"modified":"2025-09-08T00:39:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T21:39:38","slug":"boston-dynamics-sues-ghost-robotics-maker-of-killer-robots-over-seven-patents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/boston-dynamics-sues-ghost-robotics-maker-of-killer-robots-over-seven-patents\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Dynamics sues Ghost Robotics, maker of &#8216;killer-robots&#8217;, over seven patents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Dynamics has filed suit against Ghost Robotics for alleged infringement of seven patents related to quadruped robots. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/boston-dynamics-suing-ghost-robotics-over-quadruped-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Robot Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Hyundai-owned developer, the rival Spirit 40 and Vision 60 devices allegedly borrow key Spot technologies, including autonomous control systems, legged screw-drive propulsion.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/boston-dynamics-suing-ghost-robotics.jpg\" alt=\"Boston Dynamics \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0430\u043b\u0430 \u0432 \u0441\u0443\u0434 \u043d\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0438\u0437\u0432\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044f \u00ab\u0440\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0432-\u0443\u0431\u0438\u0439\u0446\u00bb\" class=\"wp-image-191015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/boston-dynamics-suing-ghost-robotics.jpg 890w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/boston-dynamics-suing-ghost-robotics-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/boston-dynamics-suing-ghost-robotics-768x410.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><figcaption>Spot from Boston Dynamics (left) and Vision 60 from Ghost Robotics (right). Data: The Robot Report.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Boston Dynamics said that in July 2020, five months after Spirit 40&#8217;s launch, it contacted Ghost Robotics asking them to review the patents and confirm that there were no infringements. Later, the company sent two letters to the competitor urging it to cease infringing actions and stop selling the robodogs.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ghost Robotics Partners with Zero Point to Develop Highly- Agile EOD and Bomb Tech Robotics\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0iOmcubN51A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>According to the complaint, Ghost Robotics is well aware of its actions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe defendant intentionally continues to infringe Boston Dynamics&#8217; rights in a senseless, willful and egregious manner, with reckless disregard for Boston Dynamics&#8217; patents,\u201d says the complaint.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the plaintiff, the company &#8216;welcomes competition&#8217;, but will take hard measures against manufacturers infringing its intellectual property.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the suit, Boston Dynamics seeks unspecified damages.<\/p>\n<p>In October, a coalition of six robotics companies <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/boston-dynamics-abandons-development-of-combat-robots\">refused to create or support the use<\/a> of devices and software developed by them for military purposes.<\/p>\n<p>In August, it became known that the United States Space Force <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/us-space-force-deploys-robot-dogs-for-patrols\">is deploying Ghost Robotics&#8217; robodogs for patrolling<\/a> and automating certain security tasks.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2021, researchers at Bristol University <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/boston-dynamics-spot-robots-deployed-in-cleanup-of-nuclear-waste-at-chernobyl\">began training Boston Dynamics&#8217; Spot<\/a> to interact with radioactive waste.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog News on Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogAI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ForkLog AI<\/a> \u2014 all the news from the world of AI!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Dynamics has filed suit against Ghost Robotics for alleged infringement of seven patents related to quadruped robots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[438,1162,652],"class_list":["post-70195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-court-cases","tag-robots"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"42","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70195"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70197,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70195\/revisions\/70197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}