Master Sgt. Dominic Garcia and Atom the Ghost Robotics' robot dog sit in a field Penn spinout Ghost Robotics is set to be acquired this month by a South Korean aerospace manufacturer. LIG Nex 1, a ...

Militaries like the US, China, and Russia are building robot dogs to employ in security and combat operations. Some of these remote-controlled canines feature guns, rocket launchers, and flamethrowers ...

LIG Nex1’s acquisition of Ghost Robotics valued the robot company at about $400 million. LIG Nex1 is the flagship company of LIG Group, which spun off from LG in 1999. The Ghost Robotics Vision 60 is ...

A Ghost Robotics Vision 60 prototype (Tech. Sgt. Cory D. Payne/Wikimedia Commons) Ghost Robotics has settled a lawsuit that dogged its storied path to dominating Philly’s robotics scene. The Penn ...

SEOUL, Dec. 11 (UPI) --South Korea's defense company LIG Nex1 said in a regulatory filing it was set to acquire Ghost Robotics, a U.S. maker of unmanned quadraped vehicles. LIG Nex1, in a partnership ...

Of all the inventions in the dystopian sci-fi series Black Mirror, perhaps none is more terrifying than the robotic guard dogs in Metalhead. In the episode, from the fourth series of the programme in ...

Ghost Robotics, a company that produces and sells four-legged robot dogs, will be moving out of its current location at Pennovation Works following months of protests. In a press release from Jan. 22, ...

Around 120 protestors called on Penn to cut ties with a spinout that they allege has produced robotic dogs used by the Israeli military. The crowd of Philadelphia community members gathered on ...

The United States Department of Homeland Security caused a stir last February when it revealed that it was exploring deploying robot dogs on the U.S./Mexico border. “The southern border can be an ...

Robot dogs carrying guns is real, and there are videos posted of these new war machines being tested for upcoming combat missions. What a time to be alive - quadruped robotic dogs with rifles strapped ...