ANYbotics
ETH Zurich spinout making ANYmal legged inspection robots for hazardous industrial sites
Scaleup · Shipping · Robotics leader · Zurich, Switzerland · Founded 2016 · anybotics.com
Profile
ANYbotics is Switzerland's leading legged-robot company. Its ANYmal quadrupeds inspect oil, gas, chemical and power sites. It raised more than €127M in 2025 and is launching the explosion-proof ANYmal X. It isn't a humanoid maker but anchors the ETH Zurich legged-locomotion ecosystem.
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People
- Péter Fankhauser FounderCo-founder and Chief Executive Officer@fankhauserRole confirmed in their X bio
- Andrea CordaChief Technology Officer
- Marco Hutter FounderCo-founder and Vice-Chairman
As of . X handles are shown only when we could confirm they belong to the person.
Flagship robots
- ANYmal Quadruped
Autonomous inspection robot - ANYmal X Quadruped
Ex-certified model for explosive atmospheres, launching 2026
Funding and valuation
Latest round
$148M
Growth round · Sep 15, 2025
Climate Investment.
Over €127M; USD approximate
Original amount: EUR 127,000,000. Dollar figures converted from other currencies are approximate.
Hiring signals
- Open roles
- 23all roles
- Top location
- Zurich · 39%9 of 23 roles
- Top role area
- Other engineering & ops7 roles · 37% of 19 engineering & ops
Where the roles are · share of 23 open roles (all roles)
- Zurich39%9 roles
- Zurich, Switzerland31%7 roles
- United States22%5 roles
- Barcelona, Catalonia4%1 roles
- Other locations4%1 roles
Locations are where the posting says the job is based, not where the robots are built. A posting that lists several sites is counted once, under the first.
Role mix · 19 engineering & ops roles
Roles are sorted into a fixed list of areas by job title. Percentages are of engineering & ops roles. The other 4 open roles (finance, HR, legal, sales, facilities and similar) are in the total but not shown here.
Notable postings
- JobSenior role in Other engineering & ops, one of the company's largest hiring areasHead of Business Technology & AutomationZurich, Switzerland
- JobSenior role in Manufacturing engineering, one of the company's largest hiring areasSenior Manager Product Structure & Systems (PLM/MES)Zurich, Switzerland
- JobSenior role in Quality & test, one of the company's largest hiring areasSenior Product Quality EngineerZurich, Switzerland
- JobSenior role in Embedded & electrical, one of the company's largest hiring areasSenior Electrical EngineerZurich, Switzerland
- JobSenior role in Field service & deployment, one of the company's largest hiring areas(Senior) Field Engineer, Industrial RoboticsUnited States
As of . Scope: all roles. Counts are our reading of public job postings, not company statements.
Scope note All open ANYbotics postings, read from its Lever job board (jobs.lever.co/anybotics).
Trademarks
No US filings since 2025 (last checked ).
Source: USPTO Trademark Search, matched on the company’s legal names. Rechecked on the 1st and 15th of each month. A filing shows intent to use a name in the US, not a launched product.
Competitors
Companies with overlapping products. Direct = same customers and same job; Adjacent = overlapping technology or market, different focus.
Boston Dynamics
Direct competitorBoth sell legged robots for inspection of industrial sites: Boston Dynamics is training the electric Atlas for Hyundai's factories and also sells Spot and Stretch, while ANYbotics makes the ANYmal legged inspection robot for industrial sites.
Unitree Robotics
Adjacent competitorBoth sell quadrupeds: Unitree Robotics sells low-cost humanoids and quadrupeds in volume, while ANYbotics makes the ANYmal legged inspection robot for industrial sites.
LimX Dynamics
Adjacent competitorBoth sell legged robots: LimX Dynamics makes the Oli humanoid and TRON legged robots, while ANYbotics makes the ANYmal legged inspection robot for industrial sites.
Recent news
- — Raises over €127M; Climate Investment joins EU-Startups
Sources
- Swiss robotics developer ANYbotics raises over €127 million (EU-Startups) (Sep 15, 2025)
- ANYbotics welcomes Climate Investment as strategic investor (ANYbotics) (Sep 15, 2025)
- ANYbotics company page (Oct 8, 2026)
Confidence: medium.