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ANYmal C
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DiscontinuedSucceeded by ANYmal D SwitzerlandFully autonomous

ANYbotics · robot dog

ANYmal C

A weather-sealed IP67 industrial redesign of ANYmal with 360-degree obstacle detection and autonomous docking to recharge.

Price
—Not published
Height
—Not published
Weight
50 kgHeavier than 71%
Payload
—Not published
Speed
—Not published
Battery
—Not published

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Why it matters

Four ANYmal C robots helped Team CERBERUS win the 2021 DARPA Subterranean Challenge and its $2 million prize.

Real-world use

Used in the DARPA SubT finals (2021) and at industrial sites.

Timeline

First shown
2019-08-22
Released
2019
ANYbotics introduction (IEEE Spectrum coverage)

Maker

ANYboticsCompany · founded 2016 · Zurich, Switzerland

$50M Series B (May 2023)

How it stacks up

Against other robot dogs that publish the figure. Pick a measure.

Not published by the maker: height, speed, payload, joints, battery, price.

Public attention

A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current machines.

  • No Wikipedia article of its own yet
  • 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page

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What’s inside

The parts the company has talked about publicly.

Movement
Walks on legs
How it runs
Fully autonomous. It walks inspection rounds on its own and docks itself to recharge; operators can also steer it remotely.
Chip
Jetson AGX Xavier (NVIDIA)Research version can carry an optional Jetson Xavier next to its Core i7 PCs.
Actuators & motors
Redesigned electric joint drives (12 joints); 1 m/s top speed, 20-degree slopes, 45-degree stairs
Sensors & vision
Lidar for 3D mapping and SLAM, depth cameras and wide-angle cameras for 360-degree vision; optional inspection payload with thermal camera
Compute
Hexacore Intel Core i7 PC (research version: two i7 computers, optional NVIDIA Jetson Xavier)
Battery & power
Over 2 hours per charge; docks itself on a cone-shaped charging station
Materials & build
IP67 sealed body; about 50 kg
Other details
10 kg payload; fits through 60 cm openings

Lineage

Every ANYbotics machine in order.

  1. ANYmal CANYmal C2019Discontinued
  2. ANYmal DANYmal D2021Commercial
  3. ANYmal XANYmal X2022Commercial

Watch ANYmal C

Video: ANYbotics on YouTube. Plays from youtube-nocookie.com when you press play.

Made, sold and where

Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.

Price
Not published
How to get one
No official buying page found
Where it is sold or used
Zurich, Switzerland
Customers and pilots
Industrial inspection sites and research labs; used by teams in the DARPA SubT finals (2021)

News

The latest 1, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.

  1. ANYbotics introduces ANYmal C

    IEEE Spectrum covered the sealed IP67 industrial ANYmal C with lidar, docking and a 10 kg payload.

    IEEE Spectrum

Side by side with its peers

Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose

Full comparison
MeasureANYmal CANYmal CANYboticsNo public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useJueyingDEEP RoboticsSame job: inspection · Both walk · Both past robotsB1B1Unitree RoboticsSame job: inspection · Both walk · Both past robotsANYmal (first generation)ANYmal (first generation)ETH Zurich / ANYboticsSame job: inspection · Both walk · Both past robots
First shown2019-08-22201820212016
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinuedDiscontinuedDiscontinued
Height———70 cm
Weight50 kg—50 kg30 kg
Joints——1212
Speed——6.5 km/h3.6 km/h
Payload——20 kg10 kg
Battery——2 h4 h
Price————

Sources

Figures come from press coverage. Every link below backs something on this page.

AI Wiki ANYmal anybotics.com ANYmal C: how it is operated IEEE Spectrum ANYbotics introduces sleek new ANYmal C quadruped

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