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ANYbotics

ANYbotics is a Swiss legged-robotics company spun out of ETH Zurich in 2016, building ANYmal, an autonomous quadruped robot for industrial inspection in harsh…

Founded
2016
HQ
Zurich, Switzerland
Status
private (ETH Zurich spinout)

The verified answer

As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies ANYbotics: 1 model, 10 deployments across 7 regions, $132.0M raised. 7 sources back the record.

CategoryQuadrupeds

Overview

ANYbotics is a Swiss legged-robotics company spun out of ETH Zurich in 2016, building ANYmal, an autonomous quadruped robot for industrial inspection in harsh environments. The company has raised over $130M from investors including Qualcomm Ventures, Supernova Invest, Walden Catalyst, NGP Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, and TDK Ventures.

Approximately 200 ANYmal robots are deployed at industrial facilities for customers including BP, Equinor, Petrobras, Novelis, and Outokumpu across the energy, power, metals, mining, and chemical industries. ANYbotics partners with AWS, NVIDIA, SAP, SLB, Equans, and Siemens Energy for global scaling.

Verified record

Verified deployments
10 deployments on file
Active incidents
None on file

Valuation of record

DEPLOY VERIFIED
$480M (reported, approximate)as of Dec 2024

Priced roundSeries B Extension post-money

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Key facts

CEO

Dr. Péter Fankhauser (Co-founder & CEO)

Deployed robots

~200 ANYmal units in industrial facilities

Key customers

BP, Equinor, Petrobras, Novelis, Outokumpu

Technology partners

AWS, NVIDIA, SAP, SLB, Equans, Siemens Energy

Data & sources

Press releases

1

News coverage

1

Patent documents

3

Web sources

2

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Partnerships

Every company ANYbotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.

2 total1 operating1 just announced

Most-frequent partners

  1. 1Createc1× joint1 total
  2. 2Yokogawa Electric1× joint1 total

Relationships

Explainers

Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about ANYbotics, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.

What is a quadruped robot and what are they used for?
Quadruped robots are four-legged autonomous mobile platforms that can traverse rough terrain, stairs, and environments where wheeled robots cannot operate. The primary commercial applications are industrial inspection (Boston Dynamics Spot, ANYbotics ANYmal), defense and security (Ghost Robotics Vision 60), research (Unitree Go2), and consumer experimentation. Quadrupeds are structurally distinct from humanoid robots.Read the full explainer →
What is ANYbotics ANYmal and how is it used for inspection?
ANYbotics is a Swiss robotics company founded in 2016 as an ETH Zurich spinout that makes ANYmal, an autonomous quadruped robot for industrial inspection. ANYmal is IECEx-certified for use in hazardous environments including oil and gas, chemical, and mining facilities. ANYbotics is a private company headquartered in Zurich.Read the full explainer →
What is the cheapest quadruped robot you can buy?
The Unitree Go2 in its "Air" trim at $1,600 direct from Unitree's shop is the cheapest full-size quadruped you can actually buy globally in August 2026. Xiaomi's CyberDog 2 is nominally cheaper in China but hard to get elsewhere.Read the full explainer →

Current leadership (3)

Founders (3)

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Former / Previously (1)

  • Markus Hutter Co-Founder, Scientific Advisorsince 2016-01-01secondary-verified

Safety record

No incidents on record for ANYbotics.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

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Operator customers (1)

Recent coverage

ANYbotics in third-party press

Peers

14 peers across 1 segment. Every ANYbotics competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.

quadruped(14)

12 companies in this segment · highly_concentrated (HHI 4981.70981935126) · leader Boston Dynamics at 5660%