ANYmal
ANYmal is a quadrupedal robot designed for autonomous operation in challenging environments. Driven by special compliant and precisely torque controllable actuators, the system is capable of dynamic running and high-mobile climbing. Thanks to incorporated laser sensors and cameras, the robot can perceive its environment to continuously create maps and accurately localize. Based on this information, it can autonomously plan its navigation path and carefully select footholds while walking. Driven by our first real-world application, namely industrial inspection of oil and gas sites, ANYmal carries batteries for more than 2h autonomy and different sensory equipment such as optical and thermal cameras, microphones, gas-detection sensors and active lighting. With this payload, the machine weighs less than 30kg and can hence be easily transported and deployed by a single operator.
The ANYmal robot is available through external page ANYbotics. For technical details, check out the ANYmal Website. For further information, please contact .
Acknowledgement
This work was supported by
- NCCR Robotics
- ARGOS Challenge
- EU ECHORD++
- external page Branco Weiss Fellowship
- ETH Pioneer Fellowship