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Marco Hutter

Professor of Robotic Systems at ETH Zurich, director of the Robotic Systems Lab and the Center for Robotics, and the Zurich office lead of the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) Automation. Branco Weiss Fellow. Co-founder and Vice-Chairman of ANYbotics AG (commercializing the ANYmal legged robot, spun out 2009) and co-founder of Gravis Robotics AG (autonomous construction machinery, spun out 2022). Pioneer in legged robotics, AI-driven locomotion, and autonomous mobile manipulation.

Swiss · 1 current role · 1 founding

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Gravis Roboticsverified→
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ETH Zürich spinout (founded 2022) building autonomous control systems for heavy construction machinery — excavators, earthmoving equipment, and other machines t
Series A · $200M4 verified deployments · Gravis Autonomous Excavator System at Austin, Texas, USA →1 model

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Gravis Robotics Co-founder & Board MemberSecondary-verified

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Co-founders (2)

Ryan Luke Johns co-founded Gravis Robotics
Dominic Jud co-founded Gravis Robotics

Sources (5)

https://www.anybotics.com/about-us/company/ · 2024-01-01
https://nccr-automation.ch/about/people/marco-hutter · 2024-01-01
https://www.gravisrobotics.com/press-release · 2025-12-01
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DO3quJYAAAAJ&hl=en · 2024-01-01
https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2022/01/how-robots-learn-to-hike.html · 2022-01-13

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