ANYbotics

Earned an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from ETH Zurich, where the groundwork for ANYbotics was laid at the university's Robotic Systems Lab. Before co-founding the company, worked as a Control & Mechanics Specialist at Skybotix (an earlier ETH spin-off developing flying inspection robots) and as a Development Engineer at the RSL itself, giving him firsthand exposure to both legged and aerial robotics for industrial environments. Also spent time at Helbling Technik, a Swiss engineering consultancy. As Head of Industrialization, he is responsible for transitioning ANYmal from lab prototype to a hardened, field-deployable product — overseeing manufacturing, assembly, and supply-chain scale-up as the company moves beyond pilot deployments with oil-and-gas and power customers.

Co-founder and CTO of ANYbotics. Earned an MSc in Mechanical Engineering and a PhD (Dr. sc. ETH Zurich, 2017) from ETH Zurich, where his doctoral research centered on planning and control for agile quadruped robots at the Robotic Systems Lab. He co-authored the seminal paper introducing ANYmal, the torque-controllable quadruped robot that became the foundation of the company. Before co-founding the 2016 ETH spin-off, he was a researcher in the same lab alongside Marco Hutter and Roland Siegwart, building the core locomotion and control stack that later transitioned from lab prototype to industrial inspection product.

Earned the first-ever robotics PhD at ETH Zurich (1989), studying mechatronics and robotics, and holds an engineering degree from Stanford University. Before co-founding ANYbotics in 2016, Fässler spent decades in senior leadership across Swiss industry: CEO of construction giant Implenia (2010–2011), CEO of industrial group Datwyler (2004–2016), and earlier roles at ABB including Country Manager for Italy. This unusual combination — deep academic roots in robotics followed by a career running capital-intensive industrial businesses — gives him direct insight into the operational environments ANYbotics' quadruped robots are built for. He serves as Chairman of the board.

A professor of robotic systems at ETH Zurich (since 2015) and director of the ETH Center for Robotics, Hutter co-founded ANYbotics in 2016 as a spin-out from the university's Robotic Systems Lab, where the ANYmal quadruped had been under development since 2009. Earlier in his career, he served as deputy director of ETH's Autonomous Systems Lab and was a Branco Weiss Fellow. Beyond ANYbotics, Hutter has co-founded nine other ETH spin-offs—including Gravis Robotics, which commercializes autonomous excavators—that have collectively raised over €230 million. He also leads the Zurich office of the Robotics & AI Institute (RAI).

A mechanical engineer by training, Fankhauser earned his BSc and MSc in Robotics, Systems, and Control from ETH Zurich, followed by a PhD at the same institution focused on perceptive locomotion for legged robots navigating rough terrain. Prior to ANYbotics, he worked at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition and Swiss robotics startup Skybotix. His doctoral research at ETH Zurich's Robotic Systems Lab directly produced the underlying technology for ANYmal, the quadruped robot he and seven co-founders spun out in 2016. The company initially grew through the Wyss Zurich translational accelerator before raising substantial venture capital to bring autonomous inspection robots to heavy industry.

Co-founded ANYbotics in 2016 as a spin-off from ETH Zurich's Robotic Systems Lab, where the ANYmal quadruped robot was conceived. Prior to the venture, worked as a robotics software engineer at the Singapore-ETH Centre (2013–2016) and co-authored the seminal 2016 IROS paper introducing ANYmal as a highly mobile, dynamic quadruped designed for harsh environments. Holds a BSc in Environmental Sciences from ETH Zurich, with earlier experience as an energy consulting intern. Later founded 42hacks, an independent hacking collective.

A professor of autonomous systems at ETH Zurich and co-director of the Wyss Zurich accelerator, where the ANYmal quadruped project was incubated before spinning out in 2016. Siegwart also founded Tethys Robotics and sits on the boards of Sevensense, NZZ, Komax, and Evatec. He previously served as ETH Zurich's Vice President for Research and Corporate Relations, overseeing tech transfer. His career spans academic research in mobile robotics and translating lab work into commercial ventures.

Studied mechanical engineering at ETH Zurich and later specialized in robotics, systems, and control. Before co-founding ANYbotics in 2016, he worked as a development engineer at ETH's Robotic Systems Lab, where he contributed to the ARGOS Challenge — a visual inspection project for the ANYmal robot — and developed firmware for the ANYdrive series-elastic actuator. At ANYbotics he has served as COO and leads industrialization, bridging the gap between research-grade prototypes and production-ready hardware for industrial deployment.