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The path was complex: strict regulation, standards not designed for legged robots, and a fast development pace with limited in-house resources.\u003C\u002Fp>","Challenge",{"id":339,"icon":213,"link":340,"logo":213,"media":213,"text":342,"title":344},"36744",{"title":333,"url":341,"internal":7},"#section-36750",{"value":343,"processed":343,"format":283},"\u003Cp>Zühlke quickly brought in an interdisciplinary team, supported ANYbotics in the design process and took design responsibility for individual safety-critical assemblies. Fast prototyping and know-how from regulated industries accelerated the work.\u003C\u002Fp>","Solution",{"id":346,"icon":213,"link":347,"logo":213,"media":213,"text":349,"title":351},"36745",{"title":333,"url":348,"internal":7},"#section-36758",{"value":350,"processed":350,"format":283},"\u003Cp>Our work for ANYbotics drew on a broad range of Zühlke’s robotics expertise: from electronics development and explosion protection to fast prototyping and experience with standards and certification.\u003C\u002Fp>","Expertise","The project at a glance","icon",{"__typename":355,"id":356,"ctaLink":213,"pgSharedText":357,"pgSharedTitle":360,"pgSharedCtaLink":213},"ParagraphPgText","36747",{"value":358,"processed":358,"format":359},"\u003Cp>Inspections are essential to running industrial facilities reliably. But they can also be dangerous, especially in sectors such as oil and gas. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.anybotics.com\u002Frobotics\u002Fanymal\u002F\" title=\"Learn more about ANYmal x\" target=\"_blank\">ANYmal X\u003C\u002Fa> is built exactly for these potentially explosive environments. Thanks to its four legs, the explosion-proof inspection robot takes over asset inspections wherever conditions become dangerous for people. Uneven floors, stairs, and confined spaces pose no problem to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>ANYmal X is made by the Swiss company \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.anybotics.com\u002F\" title=\"Learn more about ANYbotics\">ANYbotics\u003C\u002Fa>. A spin-off of ETH Zurich, the company has been on the market for around ten years and employs around 200 people. Although well established, it has kept its start-up DNA, favouring rapid iterations and fast prototyping over cumbersome, lengthy development processes.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A pioneer in autonomous systems, the company set out to bring the world’s first four-legged, explosion-proof inspection robot to market. A robot that can operate in environments with flammable gases and dust, known as explosion-hazardous zones (ex-zones), offers its manufacturer several advantages, including explosion protection that’s a USP against growing competition from China and meets a significant need in the oil and gas industry, an attractive customer segment for ANYbotics.\u003C\u002Fp>","full_html","An inspection robot for potentially explosive environments: ANYbotics’ starting point",{"__typename":362,"id":363,"caption":213,"imageRight":364,"pgSharedTitle":365,"pgSharedCtaLink":213,"textMedia":366,"pgSharedText":384},"ParagraphPgTextMedia","36748",false,"What explosion protection means for a robot: ATEX and IECEx",{"id":367,"sharedMediaLegend":213,"mediaImage":368,"name":383},"173991",{"url":369,"width":370,"height":371,"alt":218,"title":213,"size":372,"mime":220,"variations":213,"textMediaVariations":373},"https:\u002F\u002Fcms.zuehlke.com\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Fimages\u002FRobot%20and%20human%20hand.png",764,955,287513,[374,377,378,379,382],{"name":375,"url":376,"width":370,"height":371},"FIXED_WIDTH_SMALL","https:\u002F\u002Fcms.zuehlke.com\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Fstyles\u002Ffixed_width_small\u002Fpublic\u002Fimages\u002FRobot%20and%20human%20hand.png.webp?itok=6Kl0jm5W",{"name":375,"url":376,"width":370,"height":371},{"name":375,"url":376,"width":370,"height":371},{"name":380,"url":381,"width":370,"height":371},"FIXED_WIDTH_MEDIUM","https:\u002F\u002Fcms.zuehlke.com\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Fstyles\u002Ffixed_width_medium\u002Fpublic\u002Fimages\u002FRobot%20and%20human%20hand.png.webp?itok=sgKY65Af",{"name":380,"url":381,"width":370,"height":371},"Robot and human hand.png",{"value":385,"processed":385,"format":359},"\u003Cp>Developing a robot for these ex-zones brings major challenges. The highly complex system has to be certified, and the production and quality management systems are also strictly regulated. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Feur-lex.europa.eu\u002Flegal-content\u002FEN\u002FTXT\u002F?uri=CELEX:32014L0034\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Learn more about ATEX\">ATEX\u003C\u002Fa> (a European directive) and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.iecex.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Learn more about IECEx\">IECEx\u003C\u002Fa> (an international standard) set out in detail which equipment may operate in potentially explosive areas. Yet these standards were not designed for four-legged robots. Standardisation is lagging behind rapid technological development.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>On top of this, systems engineers specialising in explosion protection and functional safety are scarce, including at ANYbotics. At the same time, competitors in East Asia with similar products in the pipeline were increasing the time pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Against this backdrop, ANYbotics began looking for an external robotics development partner with a fresh, outside perspective – and found Zühlke.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"__typename":387,"id":388,"eyebrow":213,"pgQuoteRefQuote":389,"hideImage":364,"hideFunctionAndCompany":364,"bigQuote":364},"ParagraphPgQuote","36749",[390],{"status":7,"id":391,"promote":364,"quotePersonDesc":392,"quotePersonName":393,"quoteText":394,"profileImage":213,"title":395},"27238","Vice President Product Development & Care, ANYbotics","Joel Schlienger","Developing ANYmal X was highly complex. With its broad technical expertise, the Zühlke team helped us significantly shorten our development cycles. In targeted deep dives, they resolved critical issues efficiently and were always the ideal complement to our team.","Joel Schlienger, ANYbotics",{"__typename":355,"id":397,"ctaLink":213,"pgSharedText":398,"pgSharedTitle":401,"pgSharedCtaLink":213},"36750",{"value":399,"processed":400,"format":359},"\u003Cp>We quickly assembled an interdisciplinary team, and within two days of onboarding the experts were already working productively in ANYbotics’ environment. They brought valuable knowledge from other projects, as Jeannette Liniger, Principal Account Manager at Zühlke, explained, ‘we know our way around standards and processes in highly regulated industries, and we were able to put that know-how to good use at ANYbotics’.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>While ANYbotics drove forward the development of safety-critical assemblies, \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fnode\u002F6657\" title=\"Explore our hardware services\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"5eabedb3-f1ce-4ba4-8c31-bbb379c6f0ce\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\">our hardware experts\u003C\u002Fa> provided hands-on support at critical points. This is where the team’s interdisciplinary make-up paid off. Team members could work very flexibly, whether on developing the production-ready prototype, testing or tackling smaller issues. Where a problem persisted despite intensive troubleshooting, targeted deep dives cleared the blockage and shortened the development loop.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Our experience in fast prototyping also proved highly valuable. The team was able to synchronise PCB design, production, and testing so closely that some prototypes could be tested after just one week. We also contributed valuable know-how to setting up the strictly regulated production and quality management (QM) system.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After seven months of intensive collaboration, the system components were ready for ANYbotics to begin the certification process.\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cp>We quickly assembled an interdisciplinary team, and within two days of onboarding the experts were already working productively in ANYbotics’ environment. They brought valuable knowledge from other projects, as Jeannette Liniger, Principal Account Manager at Zühlke, explained, ‘we know our way around standards and processes in highly regulated industries, and we were able to put that know-how to good use at ANYbotics’.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>While ANYbotics drove forward the development of safety-critical assemblies, \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fen\u002Fexpertise\u002Fhardware-engineering\" title=\"Explore our hardware services\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"5eabedb3-f1ce-4ba4-8c31-bbb379c6f0ce\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\">our hardware experts\u003C\u002Fa> provided hands-on support at critical points. This is where the team’s interdisciplinary make-up paid off. Team members could work very flexibly, whether on developing the production-ready prototype, testing or tackling smaller issues. 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