SPEEDWAY, Ind. (WISH) — A tech startup co-founder on Wednesday said his company’s robotic security dog adds another layer to security at the world’s largest single-day sporting event.

Brent McLaughlin said his company, Asylon Robotics, started out 11 years ago working on aerial drones for the Air Force. After some initial success, McLaughlin said the Air Force asked his company to help them work out some problems they were having with a robotic security dog.

The result was DroneDog. In 2024, he said a mutual contact said Indianapolis Motor Speedway‘s secu...