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From left: Point Bridge Capital and Star Castle Ventures Founder Hal Lambert, 8VC partner Alex Moore, DARPA CCS Sha-Chelle Manning, and AFWERX Strategic Advisor Dyan Gibbens [Image: Grant Miller Photography/Venture Dallas]
Defense Tech Experts: The ‘Military-Industrial Complex’ is Ripe for Disruption
by Glenn Hunter | Nov 7, 2023
At Venture Dallas 2023, venture capitalists and defense department minds said evolving technologies are creating new opportunities in the defense tech sector for well-financed startups.
![Plano-based inventor Swaminathan Balasubramanian has received a newly granted patent for an "Energy Efficient Legged Mobile Robot." The patent describes a robot with a non-inverted pendulum body and articulated leg system designed to move like a humanoid, carry heavy loads, and minimize joint strain using a self-compensating mass structure. [Source images: USPTO Patent #12263899, left to right: Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 4; DI Studio background]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Patent-12263899-Utility-robot-patent-fig1-2-4.jpg)
