ANYbotics has begun customer deliveries of ANYmal X, a four-legged inspection robot designed to operate in explosive environments at oil, gas and chemical facilities.
The Zurich-based robotics company announced the system is shipping to customers including Equinor and DSM-Firmenich. ANYbotics describes ANYmal X as the first legged inspection robot built for explosive atmospheres, where equipment must be designed to avoid becoming an ignition source.
“Many experts thought a legged robot could never be made safe for explosive atmospheres,” co-founder and CEO Péter Fankhauser said in the announcement. “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.”
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