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A spin-out of ETH Zurich building the ANYmal industrial-inspection quadruped robot.

ANYbotics was founded in 2016 in Zurich, Switzerland, as a spin-out of the Robotic Systems Lab at ETH Zurich (Marco Hutter's group). Its product is the ANYmal quadruped robot, used for autonomous inspection of industrial sites in chemicals, energy, and mining: it patrols set routes carrying cameras, thermal imagers, and gas sensors, taking over work in hazardous areas that would otherwise require a person. ANYmal is also a classic research platform for legged reinforcement learning, having been used to validate landmark work such as actuator networks, blind locomotion, and perceptive locomotion. In September 2025 it raised a further $20 million, bringing reported total funding to more than $150 million; its first explosion-proof-certified quadruped, ANYmal X, is planned to begin deliveries in 2026.

ExampleAt a petrochemical plant, ANYmal follows a fixed route to read gauges and detect gas leaks.

Related: ANYbotics ANYmal · ETH Zurich Robotic Systems Lab · Quadruped Robot · Inspection Robot · RL-based Locomotion Control
Sources: ANYbotics earns strategic investment from Climate Investment (The Robot Report)
ANYbotics raises additional USD 20 million (Startupticker)
As of: 2026-08