ANYmal X is engineered for intrinsically safe use in explosive atmospheres and dust- and waterproof for operation in all weather conditions. | Source: ANYbotics
Climate Investment yesterday announced a strategic investment in ANYbotics AG, bringing the company’s total funding to over $150 million. ANYbotics offers quadruped robots for autonomous industrial inspections.
“ANYbotics’ technology has the potential to significantly enhance industrial inspection,” said Felicity O’Kelly, investment director at Climate Investment (CI). “By bringing cutting-edge robotics technology into the industrial sector, ANYmal is helping operators meet emissions goals while improving operational resilience, particularly in the oil and gas sector, where safety is paramount. This investment aligns perfectly with CI’s mission to accelerate decarbonization in hard-to-abate sectors.”
ANYbotics aims to enhance asset performance, safety, and emissions reduction with mobile robots. It said ANYmal can provide early warnings of asset degradation and potential failures by autonomously identifying issues like equipment overheating, abnormal vibrations, and fugitive gas emissions. ANYmal D is already performing thousands of inspections per week, according to ANYbotics.
The Zurich-based company added that the system can perform in areas that are hazardous or remote for human inspectors. The robot’s AI-powered software stack enables fully autonomous navigation, collision avoidance, and stair climbing, allowing it to be deployed in complex and remote industrial sites, the company noted.
ANYmal X designed for explosive environments
ANYbotics is preparing to start customer deliveries of ANYmal X, an Ex-certified legged robot designed for hazardous and explosive environments.
With CI’s investment and deployment support, it plans to bring ANYmal X to market in 2026 to enable safe, continuous inspection in explosive zones. ANYbotics said the funding will also support its continued global expansion.
In June, the company launched a new gas-leak and presence-detection capability for ANYmal. ANYbotics claimed that its integrated gas detectors and acoustic imaging payload can precisely locate leaks and simultaneously measure ambient gas concentrations.
ANYbotics to work with CI partners
CI is an independently managed specialist investor focused on supporting decarbonization technologies in complex industrial environments. Member companies of the Oil & Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) founded the organization. OGCI includes Aramco, BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and other oil and gas companies. This means CI has a number of connections in the industry.
ANYbotics is already deployed with multiple CI limited partners, including Equinor, ENI, and Petrobras, as well as additional customers and partners SLB, Siemens Energy, Siemens AG, GE Vernova, Novelis, Outokumpu, AWS, SAP, Yokogawa, and NVIDIA.
“We are thrilled to welcome CI to our investor group,” said Dr. Péter Fankhauser, co-founder and CEO of ANYbotics. “CI’s deep sector expertise and strong network of industrial partners will be invaluable as we scale our operations and continue to deliver autonomous robotics inspection solutions to customers worldwide.”
One notable deployment is at the Northern Lights carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility in Norway, a joint venture between Equinor, TotalEnergies, and Shell. Working autonomously at the normally uncrewed facility, the ANYmal robot is monitoring CO2 concentration levels in addition to performing frequent inspections.
The robot is able to provide automatic analysis and anomaly reporting to operators, dramatically improving safety, uptime, and asset integrity, said the company.
Existing investors in ANYbotics include NGP Capital, Aramco Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Qualcomm Ventures.
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