ANYmal Review (5★)
ANYbotics · Quadruped
Editorial
ANYmal is the adult in the quadruped room when the environment can explode. Spot owns general industrial inspection mindshare; ANYmal X owns the hazardous-zone argument with certification-led selling. Speed is deliberately conservative — plants pay for not falling into a sump, not for TikTok gait tricks. If your KPI is “replace a human walking a sour-gas unit at 2 a.m.,” this is the shortlist with Spot, not Unitree.
What this assessment is based on
Published manufacturer specifications, deployment reports, and operator accounts. ZeroGantry does not claim hands-on testing of this unit unless stated. Scores are editorial judgments from those public sources — see the methodology for how labels are assigned.
Published 2026-07-09
Pros
- ANYmal X explosion-proof variants target ATEX zones Spot cannot legally enter without special casing
- 4h inspection missions with LiDAR + thermal + gas payloads match oil/gas/chemical route sheets
- Proven stair and grating traversal in live plants — not just warehouse concrete
- Autonomous docking and fleet scheduling designed around continuous industrial inspection SLAs
Cons
- Enterprise pricing and long sales cycles lock out smaller facilities
- ~1.0 m/s cruise is slower than Go2 sprint demos — optimized for caution, not virality
- 10kg payload still constrains exotic NDT tools without custom integration
- Swiss support footprint is thinner than Boston Dynamics’ global channel in some regions
ANYmal specifications
| Availability | Shipping — Sold commercially by ANYbotics for industrial inspection. (as of 2026-09-05) |
|---|---|
| Degrees of freedom | 12 |
| Weight | 50 kg |
| Battery life | 4 h |
| Payload | 10 kg |
| Max speed | 1.0 m/s |
| Actuators | Direct-Drive Joint Motors |
| Primary sensor | LiDAR + Thermal Camera + RGB-D + Gas Sensors |
| Function | Industrial inspection |
| Released | 2021 |
| Maturity | Production |
| Status | Active |
| Indicative price | Enterprise (contact) |
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