The world’s first legged inspection robot for explosive atmospheres is now set to be delivered to its customers. Called ANYmal X, the robot uses an advanced industrial AI stack to execute routine autonomous inspections in hazardous environments.
Developed by ANYbotics, the robot is now being shipped to several oil, gas, and chemical industry leaders, including Equinor and DSM-Firmenich.
“Four years of pioneering engineering with more than ten patents went into ANYmal X,” said Péter Fankhauser, co-founder and CEO of ANYbotics.
“Many experts thought a legged robot could never be made safe for explosive atmospheres. Oil, gas and chemical plants are among the most hazardous and most costly places to operate. That makes them the prime case for physical and industrial AI, yet until now the areas that matter most were off-limits to robots like ours. That changes today.”
ANYmal X automates high-risk inspection rounds without requiring any facility modifications, navigating complex industrial environments such as steep stairs and narrow walkways. Its integrated thermal, visual, acoustic, and gas sensors detect overheating, leaks, abnormal noise, and equipment wear, logging every reading directly to its corresponding asset. This gives reliability engineers a standardized baseline to track asset health over time, enabling teams to spot early signs of wear and intervene before minor issues escalate into costly plant shutdowns, according to a press release.
ANYmal X was engineered from the ground up to comply with the oil, gas, and chemical sectors’ strictest safety standards. ANYbotics performed a comprehensive ignition-risk assessment for ANYmal X’s service life and implemented safeguards for each potential ignition source.
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