ANYbotics · robot dog
ANYmal D
ANYbotics' current IP67 inspection quadruped, carrying lidar, zoom, thermal and acoustic sensors for autonomous rounds and docking to recharge. The maker gives 0.75 m/s normal walking speed.7 km/h maximum.
- Price
- —not published
- Height
- 89 cmTaller than 86%
- Weight
- 55.7 kgHeavier than 80%
- Payload
- 10 kgCarries more than 19%
- Speed
- 4.7 km/hFaster than 6%
- Battery
- 2 hRuns longer than 36%
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Why it matters
Won the 2022 IEEE Robotics and Automation Award for Product Innovation.
Real-world use
Used for inspection at chemical, mining, energy and oil and gas sites; commercial sales opened in 2022.
Timeline
- First shown
- 2021
- Released
- 2022
How it stacks up
Against other robot dogs that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
ANYmal D is taller than 86% of the 22 other robot dogs that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
ANYmal D is heavier than 80% of the 41 other robot dogs that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
ANYmal D is faster than 6% of the 34 other robot dogs that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
ANYmal D carries more than 19% of the 27 other robot dogs that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
ANYmal D has more joints than 0% of the 23 other robot dogs that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
ANYmal D runs longer than 36% of the 25 other robot dogs that publish a battery. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: price.
Public attention
#25 of 396 current machines in public attention.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 2 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Walks on legs · 12 joints
- How it runs
- Fully autonomous. It runs scheduled inspection rounds on its own and docks to recharge; operators can take over remotely.
- Sensors & vision
- Inspection payload on a pan-tilt unit: 20x optical-zoom camera, thermal camera (-40 to 550 C), ultrasonic microphone (to 384 kHz), spotlight; 360-degree lidar, six depth cameras and two teleoperation cameras; optional gas sensors and acoustic imager
- Compute
- Two Intel Core i7 (8th generation, six-core) processors on board
- Battery & power
- About 90 minutes runtime (about 2 km walking); 70% charge in 100 minutes, full in 3 hours; docks itself to charge
- Materials & build
- IP67 dust- and water-tight body with impact protection
- AI & software
- AI-based locomotion; Data Navigator inspection software, replaced in October 2026 by the Shift operations platform (Fleet, Insight, Connect, Maps modules); Yokogawa OPREX robot management integration
- Other details
- 10 kg custom payload; Wi-Fi and 4G/LTE; hardware emergency stop; FCC, CE and Anatel compliant
Lineage
Every ANYbotics machine in order.
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not publishednot published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Built
- More than 200 robot deployments (maker, 2026)
- Where it is sold or used
- Zurich, Switzerland
- Customers and pilots
- W.R. Grace, RTE (French grid operator), Vigier Cement, SAP, GE Vernova, Steelmet, Kanadevia Inova; partner Yokogawa
News
The latest 2, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- ANYbotics launches Shift operations platform
ANYbotics replaced its Data Navigator software with Shift, which links ANYmal fleets to plant digital twins and maintenance systems and cites more than 200 deployments.
ANYbotics - Yokogawa and ANYbotics link robot software
Yokogawa agreed to integrate its OpreX Robot Management Core with ANYmal robots, including the explosion-proof ANYmal X.
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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
| Measure | ANYmal DANYbotics |  Vision 60Ghost Robotics (majority-owned by LIG Nex1 since 2024)Same job: inspection · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size |  SpotBoston DynamicsSame job: inspection · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size |  B2Unitree RoboticsSame job: inspection · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2021 | 2021-05 | 2019-09 | 2023-11-03 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial |
| Height | 89 cm | 69 cm | 61 cm | 65 cm |
| Weight | 55.7 kg | 51 kg | 33.8 kg | 60 kg |
| Joints | 12 | 12 | — | — |
| Speed | 4.7 km/h | 9 km/h | 5.8 km/h | 21.6 km/h |
| Payload | 10 kg | 10 kg | 14 kg | 40 kg |
| Battery | 2 h | 3.1 h | 1.5 h | 6 h |
| Price | — | $100,000 | $74,500 | — |
Sources
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