ANYbotics

Scores by criterion

Each criterion is defined on our methodology page.

Who uses ANYbotics and what it's for

ANYbotics sells to industrial operators in oil and gas, mining, power, utilities, metals, and chemicals.^5,6 Customers and partners include Equinor, ENI, Petrobras, SLB, Siemens Energy, Siemens AG, GE Vernova, Novelis, and Outokumpu.⁶ At the Northern Lights carbon capture and storage site in Norway, which is normally uncrewed, an ANYmal monitors CO2 levels and performs frequent inspections.⁶

Buyers usually compare ANYbotics with manual inspection rounds, fixed sensors, and other legged robot makers. Its argument is full facility coverage without wiring sensors to every asset.³

A legged robot that runs inspection rounds

ANYmal is a four-legged robot that patrols industrial sites as an autonomous data collection vehicle. ANYbotics says ANYmal X needs no facility modifications and handles steep stairs and narrow walkways. Its thermal, visual, acoustic, and gas sensors look for overheating, leaks, abnormal noise, and equipment wear, and each reading is logged to the matching asset.^3,4

The robot grew out of research at ETH Zurich, where the team built its first prototype in 2009, and the company was founded in 2016 to commercialize it.¹

An explosion-protected model

ANYmal X is built to meet ATEX and IECEx, the main standards for equipment in explosive atmospheres. ANYbotics says every component, from motors and battery to cameras and docking, had to be certified without giving up payload, agility, or speed. The robot is shipping to customers including Equinor and DSM-Firmenich.⁴

Aker BP, Cognite, and ANYbotics have run offshore remote inspections with ANYmal X on the Valhall platform in the North Sea.¹

ANYbotics Shift runs the fleet

ANYbotics Shift is the software platform. Operations teams schedule missions and watch robot status, battery, position, and live video, while reliability teams review results and receive alerts when the system flags an anomaly. Findings can be turned into work orders.^3,4

Competition

ANYbotics competes for industrial inspection budgets with other legged robots, with crawling robots that inspect equipment surfaces, and with drones that fly site rounds. Boston Dynamics Spot is the most direct rival; Gecko Robotics and Percepto overlap on the same customers.

Source: Robotics Reviewed analysis of company product pages, filings, and announcements, October 2026.

Limits

No published price. The one public reference is Petrobras, which ANYbotics said in November 2023 had invested $4 million in six ANYmal X units. Dividing one by the other gives roughly $670,000 per robot (our calculation), including whatever services that contract covers.²

Buyers still have to plan inspection missions and connect findings to their maintenance systems, work that ANYbotics Shift supports but does not remove.³

Revenue is not disclosed. We estimate it at $25 million to $40 million, based on close to 200 robots deployed by December 2024, a doubling of units sold over the prior 18 months, and the Petrobras unit price. This is an estimate, not a reported figure.^5,2

What customers say

Where it helps

ANYbotics' published customer material centers on hazardous and uncrewed sites, such as the Northern Lights carbon storage facility and the Valhall platform, where removing people from routine rounds is the main benefit.^6,1 We found no independent operator reviews to quote.

Where it falls short

We found no independent negative reviews. The drawbacks in public material are quote-only pricing and the cost implied by the Petrobras order.²

Where customer reviews couldn't be found, our analysts attempted to give a voice to buyer sentiment, drawing on real information from review sites, forums and product documentation. Based on: ANYbotics product and news pages, TechCrunch reporting, and the Climate Investment announcement.

Leadership

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  Péter Fankhauser

  Chief executive officer and co-founder

  Dr. Fankhauser developed perception and motion planning for legged robots during his doctorate at ETH Zurich and co-founded ANYbotics in 2016.¹

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• Fredrik Isler

  Chief financial officer

  Isler leads finance, administration, and HR. He spent five years in mergers and acquisitions advisory work before joining.¹

• Andrea Corda

  Chief technology officer

  Corda leads development of the company's robot architecture.¹

• Roland Siegwart

  Co-founder and advisor

  Prof. Dr. Siegwart is professor for autonomous systems at ETH Zurich and director of Wyss Zurich.¹

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